Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask His Majesty's Government what instructions, if any, they have issued to local revenue offices about deferring the repayment of tax.

HMRC covers a wide range of taxes where refunds may be made. These include, for example, Income Tax (both Pay As You Earn and Self Assessment), Corporation Tax, Stamp Duty Land Tax, Value Added Tax (with a number of different regimes in use), Inheritance Tax and Capital Gains Tax.

The speed of repayment, and our service level agreements (SLAs) for speed of repayment, varies across different areas.

Footnote:

How HMRC is performing against its service standards can be found here:

https://www.tax.service.gov.uk/guidance/HMRC-service-dashboard/outcome/HMRC-service-dashboard