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<p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) conducted a high level people impact assessment using
known workforce management data to inform the regional centre location decisions.
People and equality impacts are managed at both programme and regional level to mitigate
potential impacts on different groups, including disabled staff. The regional people
and equality impact assessment is undertaken early in the project and is updated on
a regular basis throughout the project.</p><p> </p><p>All staff are offered a one-to-one
discussion, normally about a year before any office move which affects them, to establish
whether they can move. Under the reasonable adjustment policy, HMRC will work with
individuals with particular needs to identify any adjustments required to enable this.
Accessibility to regional centres has been factored into overall requirements for
those centres from the outset.</p><p> </p><p>As previously announced, the Glasgow
Regional Centre is expected to have between 2,700 and 3,000 full time equivalent posts
when it opens. East Kilbride will be retained as a transitional site beyond the opening
date of the Glasgow Regional Centre until 2025-26. The number of current full time
equivalent staff employed at the offices which will feed into the Glasgow Regional
Centre is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Location</p></td><td><p>Office</p></td><td><p>Closure
date as announced</p></td><td><p>Full Time Equivalent Employees as of 31/08/2017</p></td><td><p>Destination
by 2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbernauld</p></td><td><p>Accounts Office <em>Timing
depends on Accounts Office in Shipley</em></p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>980</p></td><td><p>Glasgow
Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Portcullis House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>Glasgow
Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Cotton House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>Glasgow
Regional Centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Kilbride</p></td><td><p>Plaza Tower</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>East
Kilbride Transitional Site</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Cotton House</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>1600</p></td><td><p>East
Kilbride Transitional Site</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Specific
details about the rental liability of the current HMRC offices in the Glasgow area
is commercially sensitive information; disclosing it could compromise the future ability
of the landlords to re-let the buildings.</p>
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