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Revenue and Customs: Cheques

Asked by Dame Harriett BaldwinConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 2 June 2025UIN 54248

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost was to HMRC of administering cheque payments to (a) people and (b) companies in 2024-25.

Answered by James Murray

The cost of sending cheque payments to people and companies in 2024-5 was £1.7 million. HMRC does not keep separate figures for cheques sent to people and companies.

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