HM Treasury written question – answered at on 16 November 2017.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a list of the number of successful and unsuccessful prosecutions mounted by HM Revenue and Customs for offshore tax evasion.
The total number of prosecutions for offshore tax evasion in the last five years to June 2017 is 20. These resulted in over 58 years of custodial sentences and 12 years of suspended sentences. Currently, over 120 individuals are the subject of criminal investigation for offences associated with offshore tax evasion.
HMRC is not itself a prosecuting authority. All prosecutions have to be authorised by the relevant independent prosecuting authority, which for England and Wales would be the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS); for Scotland, the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS); and for NI, the Public Prosecution Service for NI (PPSNI).
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