Question follow-through · 93707
Revenue and Customs: Opening Hours
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration has been given to extending customer service opening hours for HMRC.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 24 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 26 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 2 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what consideration has been given to extending customer service opening hours for HMRC.
26 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Dec 2025
Answer published
Most HMRC helplines are available Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm. Helplines have previously been open during the evenings and at weekends, but the majority of customers continued to contact HMRC during office hours. HMRC therefore made an informed choice to ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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