Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many cases HMRC has referred to the CPS in each year since 2010.

The table below shows the number of cases HMRC has referred to the CPS in each year since 2010. HMRC do not refer operations for prosecution, we refer individuals within operations for prosecution, in this instance, the CPS (Crown Prosecution Service- prosecuting authority for England and Wales).

With regards to prosecutions in Scotland and Northern Ireland HMRC refers cases to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and the Public Prosecution Service, Northern Ireland respectively.