Question follow-through · 1113
Unpaid Taxes
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been allowed to pay taxes late without penalty in each of the last five years.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 14 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 21 May 2026
- Answer
- 21 May 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been allowed to pay taxes late without penalty in each of the last five years.
21 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 May 2026
Answer published
HM Revenue and Customs does not hold centrally a dataset that identifies how many individuals have been allowed to pay taxes late without incurring a penalty in each of the last five years.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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