Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of taxpayers who do not hold a UK passport who have contacted his Department as a result of being unable to provide proof of identity in line with the new identity verification requirements for submitting self-assessment tax returns online; and what assessment he has made of the effect of those new identity verification requirements on people without a UK passport who submit their self-assessment tax returns online; and if he will make a statement.

HMRC do not hold estimates for the number of Self-Assessment taxpayers who contact HMRC due to being unable to pass the online identity verification challenge and who also do not hold a UK passport.

Where taxpayers are unable to prove their identity online it is as a consequence of being unable to pass successfully through the end-to-end identity challenge. Success or failure to pass the online identity checks is not dependent on holding a passport.