Question follow-through · 54165

Revenue and Customs: Correspondence

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason HMRC Policy did not meet (a) 100 and (b) 87 per cent of her Department's target response times to correspondence from MPs and Peers in (i) Q3 and (ii) Q4 of 2024.

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Answering body: Treasury
Tabled: 21 May 2025
Target answer date: 2 Jun 2025
Answer: 4 Jun 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

21 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason HMRC Policy did not meet (a) 100 and (b) 87 per cent of her Department's target response times to correspondence from MPs and Peers in (i) Q3 and (ii) Q4 of 2024.
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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4 Jun 2025
Answer published
I refer the honourable member to the answer to question UIN 54166.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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