Question follow-through · 2489
Revenue and Customs: Staff
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what are the expected staffing number in full-time equivalent supply numbers before any rebalance in HMRC's Customer Service Group for (a) permanent excluding the Surge and Rapid Response Team, (b) fixed term appoin
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 18 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 May 2026
- Answer
- 27 May 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what are the expected staffing number in full-time equivalent supply numbers before any rebalance in HMRC's Customer Service Group for (a) permanent excluding the Surge and Rapid Response Team, (b) fixed term appoin
20 May 2026
Target answer date
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27 May 2026
Answer published
HMRC is currently using Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to provide additional customer service capacity, equivalent to around 500 FTE, focused on routine work. This includes support for the Online Services Helpdesk and handling simple PAYE enquiries.HMRC...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Renewable Energy: Scotland
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UK Trade with EU: Customs
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the annual cost to businesses of completing customs declarations on trade across the EU-UK border in each year since the UK left the EU.