Ronnie Cowan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ronnie Cowan on 2016-02-19.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of tax credit investigations carried out by Concentrix under its contract with his Department have resulted in findings of (a) fraud and (b) error in the claim.

Mr David Gauke

As at 21 February 2016 Concentrix had closed around 440,000 cases. Around 390,000 of these resulted in no amendment to the award. Around 50,000 awards have been amended, though HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) does not hold information on how many of these were cancelled and how many adjusted.

HMRC does not separate out the number of awards that were amended for error and from the number amended for fraud.

On appeals, I refer the member to the answer I provided on 15 February 2016 to question 26041.