Appleby: Disclosure of Information

(asked on 15th November 2017) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has taken legal steps to obtain information held by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists relating to the Paradise papers.


Answered by
Mel Stride Portrait
Mel Stride
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
This question was answered on 20th November 2017

HMRC does not have power to acquire journalistic material held overseas and, therefore, is unable to obtain the information held by the ICIJ ‎known as the Paradise Papers. However, HMRC has requested access to the material that has been provided by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists to the BBC and The Guardian. HMRC has also encouraged these organisations to pass on any information that points to wrongdoing and are prepared to look at every allegation in full.

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