| Heading: |
Unpaid Taxes |
| Question ID: |
1790908 |
| UIN: |
HL6384 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-31 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4970 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Weir of Ballyholme
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| Asking Member handle: |
LordWeirDUP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@LordWeirDUP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what additional staff and funding they have provided to allow HMRC to pursue unpaid tax. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-11 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4559 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Livermore
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Livermore
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
As announced by the Chancellor in July 2024 (and confirmed in the Budget in October 2024) £1.4 billion of funding will be provided to HMRC over the next five years to recruit an additional 5,000 HMRC compliance staff, raising £2.7 billion per year in addi... |
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| Answering body ID: |
14 |
| Answering body name: |
Treasury |
| Tweeted: |
true |