Written Question·Treasury·UIN 14819

Revenue and Customs: Debts

Tabled: 1 July 2026
Answered: 10 July 2026

Question

Esther McVey

ConservativeTatton

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money that is owed to HMRC by a) businesses and b) taxpayers has not been collected as a percentage over the previous five years.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publishes information on the total amount of tax debt owed to it, but does not publish a breakdown of the debt balance between businesses and individual taxpayers. The Government is taking significant action to reduce tax deb...

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