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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

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

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

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

1035354

	registered interest
	date	04/01/2019
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the additional staff required by his Department in the event that the UK leaves the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	205322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>A large proportion of the Treasury’s work is in some way related to exiting the European Union and this fluctuates over time as it interacts with the Treasury’s other priorities. It is not possible, therefore, to accurately estimate the proportion of the Treasury’s workforce, existing or additional, that will be engaged on EU-Exit (including in the event of either a) or b)), at any one time.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 14/01/2019 10:43:40 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1029349

	registered interest
	date	20/12/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Treasury: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff were employed in his Department on (a) 20 December 2018 and (b) 23 June 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	204547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>Please see below the paid full time equivalent staff, using ONS definitions for the end of June 2016 and the end November 2018. This is the latest data available for each month.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30th June 2016</p></td><td><p>30th November 2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Full-Time Equivalent</p></td><td><p>1223.1</p></td><td><p>1446.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 10/01/2019 10:44:58 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

991160

	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	Treasury: Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of staff employed by his Department in receipt of universal credit; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	181607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury does not record or collate information on staff in receipt of universal credit.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 24/10/2018 15:56:12 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

971524

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many additional EU-related posts HMRC will require by March 2019 in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	172633
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text Jon Thompson, HMRC’s Chief Executive and Permanent Secretary, has confirmed in evidence to the Public Accounts Committee that HMRC estimate that between 3,000 and 5,000 additional staff would be required in a ‘no deal’ scenario.<p> </p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 18/09/2018 15:12:21 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

971525

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2018
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Revenue and Customs: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many of the additional EU-related posts that HMRC will require by March 2019 in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal will be located in Scotland.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	172634
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2018 answer text HMRC has offices in all regions of the UK and most work is not geographically specific. Any changes to staffing levels within HM Revenue and Customs as a result of the UK leaving the EU will be dependent on the outcome of negotiations. answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 18/09/2018 15:10:18 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens