Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the (a) letter sent by the lawyers of Hermitage Capital Management (HCM) to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in 2013 on the company formation agency GSL which HCM accuses of facilitating money laundering in the UK and (b) response to that letter by HMRC.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is not a prosecuting authority and does not collate statistics specifically on investigations or prosecutions involving company formation agents. The number of HMRC employees involved in investigating company formation agents is not available, as HMRC staff would not normally work just on company formation agent cases, and activity statistics are not broken down to this level of detail.

HMRC has a statutory duty of confidentiality and therefore is unable to comment on individual cases.