Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 11 of the forty-ninth report of the Committee of Public Accounts entitled Managing tax compliance following the pandemic, published on 3 May 2023, HC 739, what assessment he has made of the impact of HMRC's deterrent work on levels of tax compliance.

The Government is considering the Committee’s recommendations and will respond in a Treasury Minute in due course.