Written Question·Treasury·UIN 96870

Tax Collection

Tabled: 3 December 2025
Answered: 11 December 2025

Question

Neil Duncan-Jordan

LabourPoole

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of HMRC's ability to collect unpaid taxes.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
HMRC is committed to making sure that individuals and businesses who can pay, do so on time. Since Autumn Budget 2024, HMRC has received £782 million of investment in its debt collection activities, which will help it to collect over £12 billion more debt...

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