Question follow-through · 96873

Tax Collection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will set out the difference between (a) recovered unpaid taxes and (b) outstanding unpaid taxes in the period since July 2024 to date.

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
3 Dec 2025
Target answer date
8 Dec 2025
Answer
11 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will set out the difference between (a) recovered unpaid taxes and (b) outstanding unpaid taxes in the period since July 2024 to date.

  2. 8 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 11 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    HMRC is committed to making sure that individuals and businesses who can pay, do so on time. Since Autumn Budget 2024, HMRC has received £782 million of investment in its debt collection activities, which will help it to collect over £12 billion more debt...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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