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Written question asked by Steve Barclay (Conservative) on Friday, 19 April 2013, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 24 April 2013. It was answered by David Gauke (Conservative) on Wednesday, 24 April 2013 on behalf of the Treasury.

Revenue and Customs: Fraud

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the benefit in (a) monetary and (b) other terms from the HM Revenue and Customs' counter-fraud activities in each of the last five years.

[153141]

Answer

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publishes performance data showing the additional revenues it raises from compliance activity within its annual report and accounts. The following table shows the additional revenues raised by the Department in each year from 2007-08.

£ billion
2007-08
 11.2
2008-09
 12
2009-10
 12.6
2010-11
 13.9
2011-12
 16.7

In addition HMRC publishes various progress reports on the further benefits that its compliance activity delivers. My hon. Friend can find useful information in the following publications:

The HMRC annual report, the most recent iteration of which can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-report-and-resource-accounts-2011-12

The 2012-13 report will be. published in due course.

Measuring tax gaps:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/statistics/tax-gaps.htm

Levelling the playing field: the most recent update of HMRC Compliance performance:

www.hmrc.gov.uk/budget2013/level-tax-playing-field.pdf

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
153141; 561 c1020W
Session
2012-13
Subjects
Fraud Revenue and Customs
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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