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1330155

registered interest
date	07/06/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HMRC employees were located in Scotland (a) in March 2011 and (b) at the most recent date on which his Department has collated that information.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	11579
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>Based on the HMRC organisational structure for March 2011 and May 2021, the numbers of employees located in Scotland were:</p><p> </p><p>Headcount, March 2011 = 9,918</p><p>Headcount, May 2021 = 7,817</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/06/2021 15:24:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1288010

registered interest
date	22/02/2021
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what impact assessment has been carried out on the effect on staff at HMRC's office in Cumbernauld of requiring those employees to travel to a new office in Glasgow; and if he will publish that assessment.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	156427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2021 answer text <p>HMRC undertake People Equality Impact Assessments (PEIA) on a regular basis at national and regional levels, covering all the impacts on employees as a result of their Locations Programme. The impact on employees in Cumbernauld who will be required to travel to a new office in Glasgow will be included in the wider PEIA for the Glasgow Region and will be updated later this year. HMRC publish national PEIAs externally; the regional PEIAs are published internally and made available to all employees.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC provided the Honourable Member with the most recent Glasgow Regional PEIA, which included Cumbernauld, in December 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2021 13:13:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1236285

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HMRC staff were employed in Scotland on (a) 1 September 2020, (b) 1 April 2020, (c) 1 April 2019, (d) 1 April 2018, (e) 1 April 2017, (f) 1 April 2016 and (g) 1 April 2015.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	92804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The number of HMRC staff employed in Scotland is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>1 April 2015: 8,450</p><p>1 April 2016: 9,256</p><p>1 April 2017: 9,038</p><p>1 April 2018: 8,592</p><p>1 April 2019: 8,201</p><p>1 April 2020: 7,881</p><p>1 September 2020: 7,726</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/09/2020 16:17:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

1236286

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse has been of wages for HMRC staff based in Scotland in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	92805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The estimated cost of wages for HMRC staff based in Scotland for the last five financial years is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Cost </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20/21</p></td><td><p>190,197,894</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19/20</p></td><td><p>192,907,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18/19</p></td><td><p>195,917,991</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17/18</p></td><td><p>200,454,678</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16/17</p></td><td><p>197,811,410</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/09/2020 16:09:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

1236287

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the absence rate has been for HMRC staff based in Scotland in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	92806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/09/2020 answer text <p>The average working days lost for each HMRC employee based in Scotland are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>1 April 2018 – 31 March 2019: 7.25 days</p><p>1 April 2019 – 31 March 2020: 7.50 days</p><p> </p><p>In the time available, it has not been possible to provide the information requested for earlier years. I will write to the Honourable Member with the further information requested in due course, and I will place a copy of the letter in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p><p>The average working days lost for all HMRC employees over the three earlier years are as follows:</p><p> </p><p>1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016: 7.58 days</p><p>1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017: 6.86 days</p><p>1 April 2017 – 31 March 2018: 6.89 days</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/09/2020 16:16:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

778104

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of proposed closure of all HM Revenue and Customs offices in Scotland outside Glasgow and Edinburgh on the distribution of public sector resources between the (a) central belt and (b) rest of Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Ross Thomson
uin	109875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>HMRC will have two regional centres which will serve the whole of Scotland. They will be located in Glasgow and Edinburgh, the locations which most comprehensively met HMRC’s selection criteria. The spread of HMRC‘s regional centres around the UK supports the Government’s strategy of jobs in every region and nation of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 02/11/2017 17:12:18 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4599 label Biography information for Ross Thomson

777716

registered interest
date	25/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the economy of north-east Scotland of the proposed closure of all HM Revenue and Customs offices north of Glasgow and Edinburgh, including the office at Ruby House, Aberdeen.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Ross Thomson
uin	109556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) established a clear set of location principles to determine where to site its regional centres and considered these principles alongside the impact on its people. Its Locations Programme will bring teams together in large offices, enabling them to work together to maximise tax revenue and tackle fraud and evasion irrespective of where it occurs.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC is confident that the regional centres in Edinburgh and Glasgow, together with its specialist site at Gartcosh, will serve the whole of Scotland effectively.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride grouped question UIN 109557 question first answered 02/11/2017 17:20:07 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4599 label Biography information for Ross Thomson

759188

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many members of staff contracted to work at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) offices in (a) Portcullis House and (b) Cotton House, Glasgow are routinely based in HMRC Cumbernauld.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	9768
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>Information on whether a member of staff is routinely based at another office is not held centrally and so could only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 14/09/2017 13:13:02 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

582459

registered interest
date	13/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HM Revenue and Customs staff were employed in Scotland in each year since 2006.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	46195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2016 answer text <p>The number of HM Revenue and Customs staff employed in Scotland each year since 2006 is shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year Ending</p></td><td><p>Head Count</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2006</p></td><td><p>11,415</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2007</p></td><td><p>11,464</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2008</p></td><td><p>11,018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2009</p></td><td><p>11,160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2010</p></td><td><p>10,031</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2011</p></td><td><p>9,860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2012</p></td><td><p>9,839</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2013</p></td><td><p>9,437</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2014</p></td><td><p>8,959</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2015</p></td><td><p>8,331</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>31/03/2016</p></td><td><p>9,147</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 19/09/2016 09:21:51 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

573582

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment the Government has made of the potential effect of the planned closure of HM Revenue and Customs offices in Scotland on the administration of the Scottish rate of income tax.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
tabling member printed	Ian Murray
uin	44529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) plans to create two new regional centres in Scotland in Glasgow and Edinburgh in 2019-20, accommodating between 5,700 and 6,300 full time equivalent posts by 2025. As work is transferred to the regional centres HMRC plans to close ten offices in Scotland by 2020. The changes are part of a ten-year transformation programme to deliver better public services at lower cost to the taxpayer. Scotland has 12 per cent of HMRC’s total workforce and that will not change with modernisation.</p><p> </p><p>HMRC believes that its responsibilities will be unaffected by the changes. Staff are receiving guidance and training to deal with any enquiries relating to the Scottish rate of income tax, as with any other tax issues.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 44531 question first answered 07/09/2016 14:58:28 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray