Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much HMRC spent on legal fees in tax litigation cases in each of the last five years.

Solicitors Office and Legal Services provide a range of legal and professional services to HMRC, including conduct of tax litigation.

The operating expenditure for HMRC’s Solicitors Office and Legal Services is published in HMRC’s annual reports and accounts and can be found for the last five years at

www.gov.uk/government/collections/hmrcs-annual-report-and-accounts.

For 2022/23 accounts, details can be found on page 246.