Speeches

Gregory Campbell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-01-06.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the change has been in the numbers of people who missed the 31 January deadline for making their tax return between 2010 and 2015.

Mr David Gauke

Information on the number of taxpayers who missed the 31st January deadline for making their tax return between 2010 and 2015 is available in the following table:

Filing Deadline

31 Jan 2010

31 Jan 2011

31 Jan 2012

31 Jan 2013

31 Jan 2014

31 Jan 2015

Tax Return Year Counted

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011/12

2012/13

2013/14

Issued

9.7m

10m

10.5m

10.34m (3)

10.74m (2)

11.13m

Filed on-time by 31 Jan

8.57m

8.64m

9.45m

9.61m (3)

10.03m (2)

10.24m (1)

% Filed on-time

88%

86%

90.4%

92.9% (3)

93.4% (2)

92.0%

% Outstanding at 31 Jan

12%

14%

9.6%

7.1% (3)

6.6% (2)

8%