Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2021 to Question 11491 on Niramax, to set out these cases (a) by region and (b) by year.

HMRC do not collate data on all the comments/press releases issued so they are unable to provide an accurate answer to the question asked within the timeframe.

The statutory duty of confidentiality referred to in the answer of 15 June 2021 relates to the legislation as set out at Section 18 of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act of 2005.

The request to break down the number of interventions by region and year is not possible to fulfil within the timescale allowed as HMRC do not record the data in that format. HMRC can give details of the number of risks closed as follows: 2018, 250 risks closed; 2019, 235 risks closed; 2020, 293 risks closed; and 2021, 238 risks closed. Information in the form requested is not readily available and could only be compiled at disproportionate cost.