Tax Evasion: Criminal Investigation

(asked on 17th January 2023) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HMRC legal investigations into (a) individuals and (b) businesses were launched in financial year 2021-22; and the average length of those investigations.


Answered by
Victoria Atkins Portrait
Victoria Atkins
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
This question was answered on 24th January 2023

Information on the total number of opened compliance checks in 2021-22 can accessed within the latest HMRC quarterly performance publication as below:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1101475/HMRC_quarterly_performance_data_table_Q4_2021_to_2022.xlsx
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