Written Question·Treasury·UIN 85667

Tax Collection

Tabled: 27 October 2025
Answered: 3 November 2025

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

LabourPoole

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the value of uncollected tax in each of the last five financial years.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) estimates the size of the tax gap, which is the difference between the amount of tax that should, in theory, be paid to HMRC, and what is actually paid. The tax gap statistics and details of the estimate methodologies are pub...

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