Lloyd Hatton MP: written questions 2026

Written questions

• Revenue and Customs: RecruitmentTreasuryTabled 23 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108085More

  Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many additional HMRC debt management staff she plans to recruit in each of the next five years.

  Answer: The Government announced investment at the Budget in October 2024 and the Spring Statement in March 2025 to enable HMRC to recruit and retain 2,400 debt management officers in addition to growing by 5,500 compliance officers by 2029-30, with further fundi...

  Answered 2 Feb 2026

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• Wealth: TaxationTreasuryTabled 23 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108084More

  Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total compliance yield generated by HMRC’s Wealthy Team was in each financial year between 2017-18 and 2024-25.

  Answer: The table below shows the compliance yield attributed to the wealthy customer group, which includes yield generated by HMRCs Wealthy Team. HMRC does not hold the figures for 2017-18. We have provided details from the earliest period available in the table...

  Answered 2 Feb 2026

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• Wealth: TaxationTreasuryTabled 23 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108083More

  Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much and what proportion of the wealthy tax gap HMRC attributes to (a) Capital Gains Tax and (b) Inheritance Tax for each financial year from 2017-18 to 2024-25.

  Answer: Wealthy tax gap estimates are published in Measuring the Tax Gap 2025 for 2005-06 to 2023-24. There are no estimates for 2024-25 at this time, these will be published in future tax gap publications. We use Income Tax, Capital Gains Tax (CGT) and National ...

  Answered 2 Feb 2026

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