Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who will be directly affected by changes to IR35.

In 2016, when the Government consulted on possible reform of the off-payroll working rules (known as IR35) in the public sector, it estimated that around 26,000 people working through personal service companies would be affected by the changes. Reform to the rules in the public sector were introduced in April 2017.

The Government is currently consulting on how to tackle non-compliance with the current rules in the private sector. No decisions have been made on any changes to those rules.