Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many offshore company trust data requests his Department have (a) received and (b) responded to since 1 September 2022.

Since 1 September 2022, HMRC has received 19 Trust Data Requests under the ‘Offshore Company’ category and 29 Trust Data Requests under the ‘Legitimate Interest’ category. This figure includes all contact received through this route and may include some contact that is not appropriate to the trust data request process.

HMRC has reviewed 28 of these requests to date and identified 16 that were submitted in error. Of those reviewed and not submitted in error, HMRC has responded to six ‘Offshore Company’ requests and two ‘Legitimate Interest’ requests. The average response time to ‘Offshore Company’ requests since 1 September 2022 is 20 weeks. The average response time to ‘Legitimate Interest’ requests since the 1 September 2022 is 17 weeks.