Written question asked by Chris Huhne (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 12 December 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 December 2012. It was answered by David Gauke (Conservative) on Monday, 17 December 2012 on behalf of the Treasury.

Tax Evasion

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 10 December 2012, Official Report, columns 175-76W, on tax evasion, how much HM Revenue and Customs has paid out in rewards for information on tax evasion in each of the last five years in aggregate; and what the range of the individual rewards in each year was.

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Answer

HM Revenue and Customs are empowered to pay rewards by virtue of section 26 of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005. These payments are discretionary and are not guaranteed.

In each of the last five years, HM Revenue and Customs has paid the following total amounts in rewards:

	£
2007-08	155,950
2008-09	281,000
2009-10	384,110
2010-11	309,620
2011-12	373,780

I can confirm that HM Revenue and Customs holds some information relating to the range of individual awards paid in each of the same five years. However, this is exempt from disclosure because of section 44(1)(a)

of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 which allows a public authority to withhold information which is itself prohibited from disclosure by some enactment.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 134109; 555 cc566-7W
Session: 2012-13
Related items: Tax Evasion
Monday, 10 December 2012
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Tax evasion
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Tax Evasion

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