Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many self-assessment tax payers have been audited by HMRC in each financial year since 2010.

HMRC have audited the following number of self-assessment tax payers since 2011:

HMRC does not have readily available figures for the period 2010-2011 as this predates the electronic system currently used to collate this information.

To note: figures provided above are not directly comparable over time as organisational boundaries and approaches to carrying out and recording compliance work may have changed.