Written question asked by Baroness Noakes (Conservative), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord McKenzie of Luton (Labour) on Wednesday, 8 March 2006.

Taxation: HMRC Questionnaire

Question: How many organisations responded to Question 10 of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) questionnaire entitled ““Partnership Enhancement Programme—Tax on the Boardroom Agenda””, concerning the release of certain internal information to HMRC, in terms other than that HMRC requests to see such information would be resisted.

Answer: The Partnership Enhancement Programme is a HMRC initiative that brings together executives from the private and public large business sector to operate as independent research groups on strategic projects.The survey was sent to the chairmen of more than 500 UK FTSE listed large corporates and to associated business representative bodies. The response rate was 31 per cent.The anonymous responses are being collated and will be made available in due course. The summary report will contain a statistical analysis of the responses to Question 10.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 4268; 679 c145WA
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: Disclosure of information Cooperation Private sector Public sector Revenue and Customs Questionnaires
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk