Written Question·Treasury·UIN 102717
Unpaid Taxes
Tabled: 5 January 2026
Answered: 13 January 2026
Question
Sir John Hayes
Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the total cost to the public purse of money owed to HMRC in the form of unpaid (a) VAT and (b) corporation tax accrued since July 2024.
Answer
Dan TomlinsonOur debt management workforce is deployed flexibly across all taxes to ensure efficient collection of debts owed and are not allocated to specific taxes. It is therefore not possible to provide a separate figure for staff working solely on VAT or corporat...
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