Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to improve the (a) efficiency of and (b) resources available to HMRC's tax recovery strategy.

HMRC’s approach to debt is to strike a balance between doing everything it can to collect the debt in a timely manner and taking more robust action where taxpayers do not engage or refuse to pay. More information can be found in HMRC’s published tax debt strategy on GOV.UK.