To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the tax gap for individuals in income tax self assessment in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2007-08. (317298)

The latest estimate of the tax gap for individuals in self assessment was published at the 2009 pre-Budget report in “Measuring Tax Gaps 2009”, available at:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/measuring-tax-gaps.htm