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<p>At the Spring Budget 2021, the Government announced a £100 million investment to
form the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce. This enabled HMRC to significantly extend
work to tackle fraud and error in the COVID-19 support schemes that HMRC administered
(Self Employment Income Support Scheme, Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and Eat Out
to Help Out). These payments were grants rather than loans. HMRC does not administer
or undertake compliance of other COVID-19 financial support packages, such as Bounce
Back Loans.</p><p>The taskforce was funded for 1,265 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff
selected from those who have tax training and compliance experience. Once they joined,
the taskforce staff were provided with additional training on the COVID-19 schemes.</p><p>As
of 31 July 2022, there were 1,203 FTE in the taskforce made up of the below grades:</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Grades</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G6</p></td><td><p>8.04</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G7</p></td><td><p>30.73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SO</p></td><td><p>121.46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HO</p></td><td><p>487.76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>O</p></td><td><p>511.01</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AO</p></td><td><p>42.64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CCG
Total</p></td><td><p>1202.84</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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