Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps HMRC is taking to help reduce the risk of a (a) major IT failure and (b) security breach.

HMRC continually upgrades IT systems as part of ongoing maintenance.

HMRC has 24/7 support operation in place with established processes for early identification of incidents and respond to these appropriately.

Customer data is subject to high levels of protection and HMRC takes data protection seriously.