Written Question·Treasury·UIN 59214

Taxation

Tabled: 11 June 2025
Answered: 17 June 2025

Question

Sarah Gibson

Liberal DemocratChippenham

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department holds data on the tax gap disaggregated by (a) local authority and (b) parliamentary constituency.

Answer

James Murray
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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