Question follow-through · 116087

Taxation: Interest Payments

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many residents have been charged interest on late payments to HMRC in each year since 2015.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
25 Feb 2026
Target answer date
2 Mar 2026
Answer
5 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many residents have been charged interest on late payments to HMRC in each year since 2015.

  2. 2 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 5 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    We do not hold aggregated data on the total number of individuals who have paid late payment interest.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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