Written questions

Revenue and Customs: Standards

Commons · Question 53023 · Tabled 19 May 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 28 May 2025

Question

Asked by Sammy Wilson

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of conducting a review into the adequacy of the system of (a) oversight and (b) accountability of HMRC.

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 28 May 2025

I have overall ministerial responsibility for HMRC and have chaired its Board since September 2024. HMRC is headed by a body of Commissioners, appointed by the Crown, who are required to publish a Charter of Standards of behaviours and values for how they...