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Revenue and Customs: Cheques

Commons · Question 54248 · Tabled 22 May 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 2 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Dame Harriett Baldwin

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was to HMRC of administering cheque payments to (a) people and (b) companies in 2024-25.

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 2 Jun 2025

The cost of sending cheque payments to people and companies in 2024-5 was £1.7 million. HMRC does not keep separate figures for cheques sent to people and companies.