Question follow-through · 50853
Valuation Office Agency: Staff
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff the Valuation Office Agency employs; and whether she has set a target for a reduction to that number.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 8 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 May 2025
- Answer
- 16 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff the Valuation Office Agency employs; and whether she has set a target for a reduction to that number.
12 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 May 2025
Answer published
As of the 30 April 2025, the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) employs 4,005 staff, which equates to 3,749.71 full-time employees. In addition, the VOA employs 88 contingent labour workers.The VOA has no current plans to reduce the workforce.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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