Question follow-through · 18286

Taxation: Digital Technology

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to ensure that people unable to use digital services can continue to manage tax affairs by telephone, post and face-to-face support.

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
15 Jul 2026
Answer
16 Jul 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 13 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to ensure that people unable to use digital services can continue to manage tax affairs by telephone, post and face-to-face support.

  2. 15 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 16 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    Improving day-to-day performance is a key priority for HMRC. HMRC is not able to provide the average time taken to respond to written correspondence from individual taxpayers in the last year as providing this information would exceed the cost threshold f...

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