Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that the level of tax returns submitted (a) on and (b) before the 31 January deadline is greater than 93 per cent.

In 2018 HMRC achieved just over 93% of returns filed on or before the deadline. In planning for the Self-Assessment deadlines for 2019, HM Revenue and Customs will look at lessons learned from 2018 to consider ways of increasing the filing percentage for the 31^st January 2019 deadline.