Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many corporations have been prosecuted and convicted for tax evasion under the Criminal Finances Act 2017.

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on prosecutions and convictions for a wide range of offences including for tax evasion under the Criminal Finances Act 2017 in the Outcomes by Offences data tool. This can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal Justice Statistics.

Since its introduction, there have been no prosecutions or convictions of corporations for the following two specific tax evasion offences recorded under the Criminal Finances Act 2017 in England and Wales:

1) Relevant body fail to prevent facilitation of UK tax evasion; and,

2) Relevant body fail to prevent facilitation of foreign tax evasion offence.