Question follow-through · 5460
Self-assessment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had recent discussions with HMRC on recent technical issues affecting the online self assessment process; and whether HMRC has made an assessment of the cause of those issues.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 11 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 7 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 7 Oct 2024 · 26 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has had recent discussions with HMRC on recent technical issues affecting the online self assessment process; and whether HMRC has made an assessment of the cause of those issues.
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Oct 2024
Answer published
HMRC had two unrelated incidents during August impacting the online Self-Assessment service, one for 21 hours and one for 8 hours. As part of HMRC’s standard process, both incidents were resolved as quickly as possible and analysed in post incident review...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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