Tax Evasion: Prosecutions

(asked on 11th July 2017) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have been prosecuted for crimes related to tax evasion in each year since 2010.


Answered by
Mel Stride Portrait
Mel Stride
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
This question was answered on 19th July 2017

Positive Charging Decisions (PCD's)

Convictions

Acquittals

2010/11*

2011/12

501

401

31

2012/13

739

522

33

2013/14

880

682

40

2014/15

1254

623

64

2015/16

1067

774

70

2016/17

1067

768

77

*Lower level data on Positive Charging Decisions not held for 10-11, therefore unable to provide Tax Evasion figures for this year.

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