Question follow-through · 35576
Tax Avoidance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of people made bankrupt by the Loan Charge.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 4 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 10 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of people made bankrupt by the Loan Charge.
6 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Mar 2025
Answer published
HMRC will only ever consider initiating bankruptcy as a last resort, where they have been unable to work with the customer to agree a manageable payment plan. HMRC will also not force anyone to sell their main home or access their pension funds early to p...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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