Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an (a) estimate of the potential costs and (b) assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding for HMRC's compliance functions.

The government regularly reviews the levels of funding provided to HMRC.

The government is committed to tackling tax avoidance, evasion and all other forms of non-compliance. The UK’s tax gap is at an all time low at 4.8 per cent of theoretical tax liabilities in 2021-22, down from 7.5 per-cent in 2005-06. It is amongst the lowest worldwide.