Written question asked by Stephen O'Brien (Conservative) on Wednesday, 16 July 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 9 September 2003. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 September 2003 on behalf of the Treasury.

Treasury

Question: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what role he plans for the private sector in assisting the Government to meet its targets for take-up of the Inland Revenue self-assessment on-line programme.

Answer: Mr. Stephen O'Brien: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what role he plans for the private sector in assisting the Government to meet its targets for take-up of the Inland Revenue self-assessment on-line programme. [127084] Dawn Primarolo: The Inland Revenue has worked closely with relevant parts of the Private Sector since the SA on-line programme was introduced. The filing product was created in close consultation with the software industry and equal prominence is given to third party software products on the Inland Revenue Website. An advertisement was published in May in "Government Opportunities" encouraging potential SA filing partners to come forward, and various joint initiatives are currently being worked on with independent software vendors, payroll companies and financial organisations.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 127084; 410 c278W;410 c318W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Income tax Internet Private sector Marketing Take-up Self-assessment
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk