Written questions

Revenue and Customs: Debts

2026-06-30 · Treasury · 14819 · Official question

Esther McVey

Question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much money that is owed to HMRC by a) businesses and b) taxpayers has not been collected as a percentage over the previous five years.

Answer

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) publishes information on the total amount of tax debt owed to it, but does not publish a breakdown of the debt balance between businesses and individual taxpayers. The Government is taking significant action to reduce tax deb...