Written Question·Treasury·UIN 101219

Unpaid Taxes

Tabled: 17 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Joe Robertson

ConservativeIsle of Wight East

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment HMRC has made of the number of individuals and companies that are liable for tax but are not currently being actively pursued for payment.

Answer

Dan Tomlinson
HMRC is committed to closing the tax gap further and tackling non-compliant behaviours such as tax evasion, tax avoidance, criminal attacks, error, failure to take reasonable care, hidden economy activity, legal interpretation issues, and non-payment. In ...

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