Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the HMRC publication entitled Measuring tax gaps 2026 edition: tax gap estimates for 2024 to 2025, what HMRC’s targets are to reduce the tax gap for each year of this Parliament.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with HM Treasury)

The annual tax gap is a statistical estimate published with a time lag of over a year and subject to significant revision in subsequent updates. Whilst HMRC’s compliance activity helps to reduce the tax gap, it is influenced by a range of other factors outside HMRC's direct control, including economic conditions and changes in tax policy.

Instead, HMRC sets an annual compliance yield target to reflect the department’s impact on the tax gap. The government’s investment in HMRC since Autumn Budget 2024 is expected to reduce the tax gap and raise additional tax revenue of £10 billion per year by 2029-30.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what productivity targets have been set for HMRC in each year of this Parliament.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with HM Treasury)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will list all the taxes levied in the UK and the amount of revenue raised by each tax.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with HM Treasury)

HM Revenue & Customs publishes UK tax receipts and National Insurance contributions on GOV.UK each month. These statistics cover the taxes and National Insurance contributions administered by HMRC.

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) also publishes outturns and forecasts for wider public sector receipts in its Economic and fiscal outlook. The latest outturn data for 2024-25 was published by the OBR on 3 March 2026.

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to review the level of the Age Addition of 25p per week payable for the State Pensions from 80th birthday to pensioners.

Answered by Torsten Bell - Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)

The 25 pence a week Age Addition is a longstanding part of the old State Pension, for those who reached State Pension age before 6 April 2016, and is paid with their State Pension, when they reach the age of 80.

The Age Addition is not part of the new State Pension, but for those people who reached State Pension age before 6 April 2016, the 25 pence Age Addition under the existing rules will continue.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the HMRC publication entitled Measuring tax gaps 2026 edition: tax gap estimates for 2024 to 2025, what steps HMRC is taking to reduce the corporation tax gap.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with HM Treasury)

As the Minister responsible for the UK tax system, I regularly discuss a wide range of issues with the Chief Executive of HMRC, including reducing the tax gap.

Closing the Tax Gap is a government priority. Over the last three fiscal events the Government have announced tax gap measures which cumulatively ensure £10bn of tax that would otherwise have been uncollected will be received by the Exchequer in 2029/30. Much of this is from action to tackle the small business tax gap – for example, investing £1.7 billion in HMRC compliance systems and additional capacity, alongside making greater use of third-party data to identify and tackle non-compliance.

In relation to Corporation Tax specifically, HMRC is exploring improving the information they get to better identify and address risks, by setting minimum standards for software. The government is also consulting on getting better data about the transactions between close companies and their participators. All of this will reduce the tax gap by encouraging better compliance by taxpayers and provide HMRC with better data to target interventions.

HM Revenue and Customs publish estimates of the tax gap by tax type and customer behaviour, which includes the proportion attributable to taxpayer error or failure to take reasonable care. These can be found here: Measuring tax gaps 2026 edition: tax gap estimates for 2024 to 2025 - GOV.UK. HMRC does not produce an estimate of the proportion attributable to tax system complexity.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the HMRC publication entitled Measuring tax gaps 2026 edition: tax gap estimates for 2024 to 2025, what assessment HMRC has made of the contribution of complexity to the tax gap for (i) income tax (iii) Capital Gains Tax (iii) Corporation Tax (iv) VAT and (v) Excise duties.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with HM Treasury)

As the Minister responsible for the UK tax system, I regularly discuss a wide range of issues with the Chief Executive of HMRC, including reducing the tax gap.

Closing the Tax Gap is a government priority. Over the last three fiscal events the Government have announced tax gap measures which cumulatively ensure £10bn of tax that would otherwise have been uncollected will be received by the Exchequer in 2029/30. Much of this is from action to tackle the small business tax gap – for example, investing £1.7 billion in HMRC compliance systems and additional capacity, alongside making greater use of third-party data to identify and tackle non-compliance.

In relation to Corporation Tax specifically, HMRC is exploring improving the information they get to better identify and address risks, by setting minimum standards for software. The government is also consulting on getting better data about the transactions between close companies and their participators. All of this will reduce the tax gap by encouraging better compliance by taxpayers and provide HMRC with better data to target interventions.

HM Revenue and Customs publish estimates of the tax gap by tax type and customer behaviour, which includes the proportion attributable to taxpayer error or failure to take reasonable care. These can be found here: Measuring tax gaps 2026 edition: tax gap estimates for 2024 to 2025 - GOV.UK. HMRC does not produce an estimate of the proportion attributable to tax system complexity.

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with the Chief Executive of HMRC on reducing the tax gap.

Answered by Dan Tomlinson - Exchequer Secretary (Cabinet Office) (Jointly with HM Treasury)

As the Minister responsible for the UK tax system, I regularly discuss a wide range of issues with the Chief Executive of HMRC, including reducing the tax gap.

Closing the Tax Gap is a government priority. Over the last three fiscal events the Government have announced tax gap measures which cumulatively ensure £10bn of tax that would otherwise have been uncollected will be received by the Exchequer in 2029/30. Much of this is from action to tackle the small business tax gap – for example, investing £1.7 billion in HMRC compliance systems and additional capacity, alongside making greater use of third-party data to identify and tackle non-compliance.

In relation to Corporation Tax specifically, HMRC is exploring improving the information they get to better identify and address risks, by setting minimum standards for software. The government is also consulting on getting better data about the transactions between close companies and their participators. All of this will reduce the tax gap by encouraging better compliance by taxpayers and provide HMRC with better data to target interventions.

HM Revenue and Customs publish estimates of the tax gap by tax type and customer behaviour, which includes the proportion attributable to taxpayer error or failure to take reasonable care. These can be found here: Measuring tax gaps 2026 edition: tax gap estimates for 2024 to 2025 - GOV.UK. HMRC does not produce an estimate of the proportion attributable to tax system complexity.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Defence Investment Plan Funding Explainer published on 30 June 2026, which projects will be affected by the reduction in his department’s capital budget in (I) 2026-27 (II) 2027-28 (iii) 2028-29 and (ii) 2029-30.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Our contribution to the Defence Investment Plan will have no impact on frontline National Health Services, patient safety, investment in technology, or the delivery of the New Hospital Programme.

Capital programmes are designed to be flexible because projects develop at different speeds and funding needs change over time. That flexibility means we can redeploy some funding to defence without affecting the delivery of ongoing programmes.

More broadly, the capital budget for health is due to increase to £15 billion by 2029/30, over 30% higher than 2024/25.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to correspondence from the hon Member for North West Norfolk of 10 June 2026.

Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

I replied to the hon. Member’s correspondence of 10 June regarding Queen Elizabeth Hospital on 6 July.

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