Question follow-through · 126508
Revenue and Customs: Staff
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy not to expand Managed Service Provider usage until the joint HMRC and PCS evaluation is concluded and reviewed.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 10 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 15 Apr 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy not to expand Managed Service Provider usage until the joint HMRC and PCS evaluation is concluded and reviewed.
15 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Apr 2026
Answer published
HMRC is currently in the Proof of Value phase for the use of Managed Service Providers (MSPs), supported by a joint evaluation agreed with the PCS trade union. The evaluation covers service quality, productivity, customer experience and value for money, a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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