PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Employment: Taxation (10 July 2017)

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many times the employment status service tool on HM Revenue and Customs' website has been used since its public beta launch; and what proportion of that use has resulted in the client being informed that the (a) intermediaries legislation applies, (b) intermediaries legislation does not apply and (c) status cannot be determined.

Asked by:
Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party)

The check employment status for tax service has been used over 450,000 times since the public beta launch in March 2017. It may be used to check if the intermediaries legislation applies, and for other employment status queries.

HM Revenue and Customs monitors total usage of the service but not the split between the different uses, so does not hold the information requested.

Answered by:
Sir Mel Stride (Conservative)
13 July 2017