Revenue and Customs: Facilities Agreements

About this written question

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Answering body

Treasury

Tabled

28 Aug 2026

Target answer date

2 Sept 2026

Answer

8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

1. 28 Aug 2026

   Question tabled

   To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what was the total cost of facility time to HMRC in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26; and what was the headcount number of facility time staff in each; how many were 100% facility time; and whether funding w

2. 2 Sept 2026

   Target answer date

   Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

3. 8 Sept 2026

   Answer published

   HMRC's total expenditure on facility time was• 2023-24: £2,040,621.65 • 2024-25: £2,290,590.51 • 2025-26: £2,349,325.71The number of trade union representatives with facility time arrangements was:• 2023-24: 766.70 FTE• 2024-25: 719.95 FTE• 2025-26: 682.8...

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.