Question follow-through · 124087
Revenue and Customs: Managed Service Companies
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what safeguards are in place to prevent the creation of a two tier workforce between Managed Service Provider staff and those directly employed by HMRC, and if she will make a statement.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 26 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 13 Apr 2026 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what safeguards are in place to prevent the creation of a two tier workforce between Managed Service Provider staff and those directly employed by HMRC, and if she will make a statement.
13 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Apr 2026
Answer published
The current staff provided by Managed Service Providers (MSPs) represent additional capacity in 2025/26. HMRC staff will not be made redundant as a result of this initiative. Other Government Departments (OGDs) already use MSP contracts to provide additio...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Economic Growth
5 Jun 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to encourage a culture of economic growth in deindustrialised areas.