Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to minimise the amount of interest charged to people whose self-assessment tax accounts are in query and who face delays in receiving information from HMRC.
HMRC does not have an estimate of the amount of interest that is being charged on tax that is outstanding on self-assessment tax accounts and this information could only be obtained and compiled at a disproportionate cost.