Question follow-through · 80629
Taxation: Surrey Heath
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of refund processing times by HMRC on (a) cash flow and (b) trading viability for small construction businesses in Surrey Heath constituency.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 17 Oct 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of refund processing times by HMRC on (a) cash flow and (b) trading viability for small construction businesses in Surrey Heath constituency.
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Oct 2025
Answer published
HMRC recognises the importance of tax repayments in supporting business cash flow and prioritises their processing.In 2024/25, £156.6 billion in repayments were issued, including £17.3 billion in Income Tax. For Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) claims, ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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