Written Question·Treasury·UIN 80234

Revenue and Customs: Finance

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Callum Anderson

LabourBuckingham and Bletchley

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how her Department will allocate the £1 billion additional funding for HMRC across tax gap initiatives.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
HMRC will allocate the additional funding at Autumn Budget 2024 and Spring Statement 2025 to close the tax gap predominately to frontline staff and digital services, including: 5,500 additional frontline compliance officers2,400 additional debt management...

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