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1122510

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if HMRC will publish the final business case for the HMRC estate transformation programme.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	246572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>HMRC does not plan to publish the Business Case due to the commercially sensitive nature of the information within.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC’s Locations Programme Business Case has been reviewed by the Major Projects Review Group and approved by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.</p><p> </p><p>The Business Case shows that moving to regional centres will result in savings of around £300 million up to 2025, the programme will deliver annual cash savings of £74 million in 2025-26, compared with 2015-16, rising to around £90 million from 2028.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 29/04/2019 15:05:30 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1105753

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of HMRC staff at the HMRC offices in (a) Sheffield, (b) Wrexham, (c) Aberdeen, (d) Ealing and (e) Wolverhampton under the building our future plans HMRC plans to relocate to a new office.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	237792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>In 2015, HMRC planning indicated that up to 90% of its workforce across the UK, at that time, would either work in a regional centre or see out their career in an HMRC office. By the time all its regional centres have opened, HMRC still expects the overall figure to be near to its original forecast of 90%. However, HMRC would expect the equivalent figure for locations in this question to be lower. HMRC will not know the actual position until one-to-one discussions have taken place with staff which will establish whether an individual can or cannot move.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC recognises that in the case of Aberdeen in particular, the daily travel requirements will be such that very few employees, if any, are likely to travel to the regional centre in Edinburgh.</p><p> </p><p>For those who can move there will be financial support towards any additional travelling costs for up to five years after the move. HMRC will support those who cannot move on an individual basis to work through all possible options, including identifying opportunities in other government departments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 01/04/2019 15:39:32 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1105342

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many sites HMRC have vacated since 15 November 2015.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	237203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Since November 2015, when HMRC announced its ten-year location strategy which will see it become a tax authority fit for the future, it has closed 76 of the 170 offices which it occupied at that time.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 76 offices, 72 were managed under the STEPS Private Finance Initiative contract. Of the 72 offices under the STEPS contract, 58 were not Mapeley freehold properties. There were four offices which were not under the STEPS contract.</p><p> </p><p>When HMRC vacates an office in accordance with its operational requirements, it would seek to dispose of the building following any remedial work which needed to be completed. It may choose to retain the building if other government departments are based at the location and are funding the remaining lease. HMRC is not paying rent on any of the 76 offices which have been vacated since November 2015 and none of them have been left unoccupied.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC also manages properties on behalf of other government departments where there is no HMRC presence and those departments pay HMRC for the use of the building.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continues to support staff through its transformation. For those who can move it is providing payments towards increases in travel costs paid for up to five years, and for those who cannot move with HMRC it continues to seek opportunities in other government departments, in addition to any support with upskilling where relevant. HMRC wants to keep as many employees as possible and through one-to-one conversations with managers it will explore smarter ways of working and flexibility with working hours where this is possible. Moving to regional centres will save around £300 million up to 2025 with annual cash savings of around £90 million from 2028, while improving customer service and modernising how HMRC works.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 237204 237205 237206 237208 question first answered 01/04/2019 15:37:20 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1105343

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Department has made of the number of sites that it has vacated since 15 November 2015 for which HMRC has paid rent to (a) any freeholder and (b) Mapeley after it had vacated those sites.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	237204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Since November 2015, when HMRC announced its ten-year location strategy which will see it become a tax authority fit for the future, it has closed 76 of the 170 offices which it occupied at that time.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 76 offices, 72 were managed under the STEPS Private Finance Initiative contract. Of the 72 offices under the STEPS contract, 58 were not Mapeley freehold properties. There were four offices which were not under the STEPS contract.</p><p> </p><p>When HMRC vacates an office in accordance with its operational requirements, it would seek to dispose of the building following any remedial work which needed to be completed. It may choose to retain the building if other government departments are based at the location and are funding the remaining lease. HMRC is not paying rent on any of the 76 offices which have been vacated since November 2015 and none of them have been left unoccupied.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC also manages properties on behalf of other government departments where there is no HMRC presence and those departments pay HMRC for the use of the building.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continues to support staff through its transformation. For those who can move it is providing payments towards increases in travel costs paid for up to five years, and for those who cannot move with HMRC it continues to seek opportunities in other government departments, in addition to any support with upskilling where relevant. HMRC wants to keep as many employees as possible and through one-to-one conversations with managers it will explore smarter ways of working and flexibility with working hours where this is possible. Moving to regional centres will save around £300 million up to 2025 with annual cash savings of around £90 million from 2028, while improving customer service and modernising how HMRC works.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 237203 237205 237206 237208 question first answered 01/04/2019 15:37:20 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1105344

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC is paying rent on sites that have (a) been vacated by its staff and (b) where there is no active HMRC work being carried out.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	237205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Since November 2015, when HMRC announced its ten-year location strategy which will see it become a tax authority fit for the future, it has closed 76 of the 170 offices which it occupied at that time.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 76 offices, 72 were managed under the STEPS Private Finance Initiative contract. Of the 72 offices under the STEPS contract, 58 were not Mapeley freehold properties. There were four offices which were not under the STEPS contract.</p><p> </p><p>When HMRC vacates an office in accordance with its operational requirements, it would seek to dispose of the building following any remedial work which needed to be completed. It may choose to retain the building if other government departments are based at the location and are funding the remaining lease. HMRC is not paying rent on any of the 76 offices which have been vacated since November 2015 and none of them have been left unoccupied.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC also manages properties on behalf of other government departments where there is no HMRC presence and those departments pay HMRC for the use of the building.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continues to support staff through its transformation. For those who can move it is providing payments towards increases in travel costs paid for up to five years, and for those who cannot move with HMRC it continues to seek opportunities in other government departments, in addition to any support with upskilling where relevant. HMRC wants to keep as many employees as possible and through one-to-one conversations with managers it will explore smarter ways of working and flexibility with working hours where this is possible. Moving to regional centres will save around £300 million up to 2025 with annual cash savings of around £90 million from 2028, while improving customer service and modernising how HMRC works.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 237203 237204 237206 237208 question first answered 01/04/2019 15:37:20 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1105345

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many sites vacated by HMRC since 15 November 2015 were sites managed under the STEPS contract.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	237206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Since November 2015, when HMRC announced its ten-year location strategy which will see it become a tax authority fit for the future, it has closed 76 of the 170 offices which it occupied at that time.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 76 offices, 72 were managed under the STEPS Private Finance Initiative contract. Of the 72 offices under the STEPS contract, 58 were not Mapeley freehold properties. There were four offices which were not under the STEPS contract.</p><p> </p><p>When HMRC vacates an office in accordance with its operational requirements, it would seek to dispose of the building following any remedial work which needed to be completed. It may choose to retain the building if other government departments are based at the location and are funding the remaining lease. HMRC is not paying rent on any of the 76 offices which have been vacated since November 2015 and none of them have been left unoccupied.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC also manages properties on behalf of other government departments where there is no HMRC presence and those departments pay HMRC for the use of the building.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continues to support staff through its transformation. For those who can move it is providing payments towards increases in travel costs paid for up to five years, and for those who cannot move with HMRC it continues to seek opportunities in other government departments, in addition to any support with upskilling where relevant. HMRC wants to keep as many employees as possible and through one-to-one conversations with managers it will explore smarter ways of working and flexibility with working hours where this is possible. Moving to regional centres will save around £300 million up to 2025 with annual cash savings of around £90 million from 2028, while improving customer service and modernising how HMRC works.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 237203 237204 237205 237208 question first answered 01/04/2019 15:37:20 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1105347

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many sites that HMRC has vacated since 15 November 2015 were sites (a) not under the STEPS contract and (b) where the freeholder was not Mapeley.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	237208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2019 answer text <p>Since November 2015, when HMRC announced its ten-year location strategy which will see it become a tax authority fit for the future, it has closed 76 of the 170 offices which it occupied at that time.</p><p> </p><p>Of the 76 offices, 72 were managed under the STEPS Private Finance Initiative contract. Of the 72 offices under the STEPS contract, 58 were not Mapeley freehold properties. There were four offices which were not under the STEPS contract.</p><p> </p><p>When HMRC vacates an office in accordance with its operational requirements, it would seek to dispose of the building following any remedial work which needed to be completed. It may choose to retain the building if other government departments are based at the location and are funding the remaining lease. HMRC is not paying rent on any of the 76 offices which have been vacated since November 2015 and none of them have been left unoccupied.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC also manages properties on behalf of other government departments where there is no HMRC presence and those departments pay HMRC for the use of the building.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC continues to support staff through its transformation. For those who can move it is providing payments towards increases in travel costs paid for up to five years, and for those who cannot move with HMRC it continues to seek opportunities in other government departments, in addition to any support with upskilling where relevant. HMRC wants to keep as many employees as possible and through one-to-one conversations with managers it will explore smarter ways of working and flexibility with working hours where this is possible. Moving to regional centres will save around £300 million up to 2025 with annual cash savings of around £90 million from 2028, while improving customer service and modernising how HMRC works.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 237203 237204 237205 237206 question first answered 01/04/2019 15:37:20 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

991140

registered interest
date	19/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the oral contribution of the Financial Secretary to the Treasury of 7 March 2018, Official report, column 428, what estimate he has made of the cash savings for 2025-26 onwards arising from the HMRC Building our Future Programme.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	181588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>Moving to regional centres will save around £300 million up to 2025. HMRC’s Locations Programme will deliver annual cash savings of £74 million in 2025/26, rising to around £90 million from 2028.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 29/10/2018 10:58:55 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

990357

registered interest
date	18/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Financial Secretary to the Treasury on 7 March 2018, Official Report, column 428, what estimate he has made of the savings to the public purse up to 2025 as a result of the HMRC Building our Future programme.
tabling member constituency	East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
tabling member printed	Dr Lisa Cameron
uin	181247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2018 answer text <p>HMRC wants to keep as many employees as possible as it moves to its regional centres. It has been clear that if someone can move to a regional centre and has the skills it needs or is able to develop them, there will be a role for them.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015, planning indicated that up to 90% of its workforce across the UK at that time would either work in a regional centre or see out their career in an HMRC office.</p><p> </p><p>In East Kilbride, updated planning data shows that around 75% of staff in Plaza Tower and 80% in Queensway House, East Kilbride, will move to the Glasgow Regional Centre or see out their career in an HMRC office. In East Kilbride data indicates that 33% of staff in Plaza Tower and 43% in Queensway House are over 50 years of age.</p><p> </p><p>By the time all its regional centres have opened, HMRC still expects the figures to be near its original forecast.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC will not know the actual position until one-to-one discussions have taken place with staff which will establish whether an individual can or cannot move.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Moving to regional centres will save around £300 million by 2025. It also avoids potential additional costs of £75 million per annum from 2021, when the current contract with Mapeley come to an end.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 181245 181246 181248 question first answered 26/10/2018 13:45:47 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4412 label Biography information for Dr Lisa Cameron

760207

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government plans to respond to the Public Accounts Committee report on the HM Revenue and Customs Estate, published on 28 April 2017.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	10496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Due to the June Election, Queen’s Speech and Ministerial and Select Committee appointments, the Government’s response to this report has been rescheduled and will be laid before Parliament (as Treasury Minutes) on 19 October 2017.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 09/10/2017 13:01:28 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald