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Eighteenth Report - Government actions to combat waste crime
Public Accounts Committee
HC 33
Published 19 October 2022
Recommendations
12
Deferred
Waste tracking data is currently collected in multiple systems: some paper-based and some digital, some...
Recommendation
Waste tracking data is currently collected in multiple systems: some paper-based and some digital, some operated by private contractors and some by the government; not all information is collated centrally.34 Since the 2018 Resources and Waste Strategy, the government has …
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Government Response Summary
The government agrees and anticipates the IT contract will be let by the end of 2022. The department will write to inform the Committee when this has happened and will provide a timeframe for full implementation once the supplier is onboarded and a plan is agreed.
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17
Deferred
We heard of recent actions and successes in combatting landfill tax evasion.
Recommendation
We heard of recent actions and successes in combatting landfill tax evasion. HMRC has increased the number of its officials that are working on landfill tax compliance and it assured us that it works with the largest businesses to secure …
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Government Response Summary
HMRC will provide a response outlining how it has improved its approach to landfill tax prosecutions by the end of December 2022.
HM Treasury
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