Oral QuestionCabinet Office

Whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on undertaking a review of voter ID.

Tabled: 15 June 2023Answered: 22 June 2023

Asked by

Helen Hayes

LabourDulwich and West Norwood

Answering Minister

the Minister for the Cabinet Office

Answer from Hansard

The Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Dan Tomlinson)

Tax reliefs are an important feature of the UK tax system, and His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs has invested significant resources in improving understanding of their cost and effectiveness. Since 2019, it has produced costings for 350 reliefs, including detailed analysis of the 38 largest non-structural reliefs, which cost more than £500 million a year.