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<p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) uses information from a wide range of sources, including
third party information, to carry out civil and criminal investigations. These have
secured over £126 billion in additional compliance revenue since 2010. It is not possible
to say how many parents have provided information as HMRC does not centrally collate
the management information in this format, nor does it centrally collate information
regarding how many prosecutions and investigations have been instigated as a result
of allegations of false tax returns in respect of child maintenance liabilities.</p><p>
</p><p>HMRC’s 26,000 (FTE) strong customer compliance group workforce of risk and
intelligence analysts, compliance officers and fraud investigators tackle the full
range of compliance risks. HMRC compliance staff are assigned to cases across all
HMRC risks and customer behaviours and the cases typically involve investigating a
range of potential issues. Therefore it is not possible to state exactly how many
staff are deployed to a single specific risk, as this will be one of many issues a
compliance officer could cover.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC and the Department for Work and
Pensions have been working together on Child Maintenance issues since 2009. During
this time, both departments have worked collaboratively to increase their knowledge
of the IT and business processes and to develop and improve the way in which they
share information. There is no joint formal training programme in place but HMRC has
led awareness sessions for Child Maintenance Group (CMG) on HMRC processes and interpreting
PAYE and Self-Assessment data. HMRC also provides on-going assistance to CMG to help
them resolve issues as and when required.</p>
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