This site uses cookies

Some of these cookies are essential, while others help us to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used.

For more detailed information please check our Cookie notice.

Necessary cookies

Necessary cookies enable core functionality. This website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Cookies that measure website use

If you provide permission, we will use Google Analytics to measure how you use the website so we can improve it based on our understanding of user needs. Google Analytics sets cookies that store anonymised information about how you got to the site, the pages you visit, how long you spend on each page and what you click on while you're visiting the site.

 

Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

ONS Opinions Survey, Public Perceptions of Tax Compliance Module, July - November, 2008 and 2009 and August - December 2010

Variable Details

VariableMBQc_3
LabelAgree: Chances of being prosecuted by HMRC sufficient to deter people from regularly evading tax?
Question text How far do you agree with the following statement... The chances of being prosecuted by HMRC are sufficient to deter people from regularly evading tax?
Responses
1 Strongly agree 82
2 Agree 273
3 Neither agree or disagree 158
4 Disagree 284
5 Strongly disagree 80
6 I dont know the criminal penalties (Spontaneous only) 45
7 Don t know, for any other reason (Spontaneous only) 41
8 Refusal 18
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationONS Opinions Survey, Public Perceptions of Tax Compliance Module, July - November, 2008 and 2009 and August - December 2010
Interviewer InstructionsIf the respondent just states that they do not know, clarify whether they do not know because they don't know what the criminal penalties are or they do not know for any other reason
UniverseAdults, aged 16 or over, living in private households in Great Britain.;National
SamplingMulti-stage stratified random sample
Study TypeRepeated cross-sectional study; monthly (up to year 2000), eight cycles per year (up to April 2005), monthly thereafter.
UKRI logo

Funded by UKRI through the ESRC with contributions from our partners.

© 2025 UK Data Service
We are supported by the University of Essex, University of Manchester, Jisc, UCL and University of Edinburgh. We are funded by UKRI through the Economic and Social Research Council.