Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs

Gordon Banks
To ask the Solicitor-General in how many cases since 2000 HM Revenue and Customs and its predecessor body sought to recover costs from defendants in cases revolving around clarification of points of law.

The Solicitor-General
The Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office (RCPO) does not collate statistics that record costs sought from defendants in cases revolving around clarification of ‘points of law’. Gathering the information could be achieved only at disproportionate cost.