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Written question asked by Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 18 November 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 November 2003. It was answered by John Healey (Labour) on Thursday, 20 November 2003 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury

Question
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff were deployed by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise to tackle VAT missing trader fraud in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03; what the cost of deploying such staff was in each case; and what other costs there were in pursuing the VAT missing trader fraud strategy in each case. - Inc ref to "Tackling Indirect Tax Fraud" (November 2001) copy in Library.
Answer

Dr. Cable: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff were deployed by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise to tackle VAT missing trader fraud in (a) 2001-02 and (b) 2002-03; what the cost of deploying such staff was in each case; and what other costs there were in pursuing the VAT missing trader fraud strategy in each case. [140272] John Healey: The number of staff deployed to tackle VAT missing trader fraud can be found in "Tackling Indirect Tax Fraud" (November 2001), a copy of which is available in the Library of the House. The figure for 2002-03 will be published later this year. Customs does not maintain information about the costs in the format requested and it could be produced only at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
413 c1329-30W;413 c1325-6W; 140272
Session
2002-03
Subjects
Customs and Excise Costs Fraud Staff VAT Tax evasion
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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