Question follow-through · 124027
Fraud Investigation Service
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) annual budget and (b) number of staff was for HMRC's Fraud Investigation Service in each of the last five years.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 25 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 17 Apr 2026 · 23 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the (a) annual budget and (b) number of staff was for HMRC's Fraud Investigation Service in each of the last five years.
13 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Apr 2026
Answer published
HMRC does not routinely publish annual budget or staffing figures for the Fraud Investigation Service.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Fraud Investigation Service: Finance
19 Jun 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what percentage of the annual budget for HMRC’s Fraud Investigation Service was allocated to its Proceeds of Crime division in each of the previous 5 years.
Technology: Taxation
2 Sept 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of introducing an anti-fraud levy on technology sector companies.