Question follow-through · 65261
Taxation: Fraud
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help improve HMRC investigation times.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 7 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 15 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help improve HMRC investigation times.
9 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jul 2025
Answer published
As part of our transformation of HMRC, we are improving our compliance learning offer to build the capability of both new trainees and established colleagues. Our Compliance Professional Standards reinforce that all colleagues should be mindful to avoid u...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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