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Written Question
Taxpayer Protection Taskforce: Staff
Wednesday 7th December 2022

Asked by: Rachel Reeves (Labour - Leeds West)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people worked for the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce in each month between April 2021 and December 2022.

Answered by Victoria Atkins - Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

At Spring Budget 2021 the Government announced a £100 million investment into the Taxpayer Protection Taskforce of 1,250 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff up to March 2023. The taskforce was established to extend HMRC’s work to address fraud and error in the COVID support schemes that they administered (Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, and Eat Out to Help Out). The table below shows the month-by-month breakdown of resources deployed in the taskforce from April 2021 to end of October 2022. HMRC are unable to provide more recent data as this is still being assured.

Table 1: Monthly breakdown of FTE staff deployed to taskforce:

Period

Apr 2021

May 2021

Jun 2021

Jul 2021

Aug 2021

Sep 2021

Oct 2021

Nov 2021

Dec 2021

Jan 2022

Feb 2022

Mar 2022

Total FTE

908

1,018

1,216

1,291

1,228

1,256

1,180

1,184

1,145

1,101

1,096

1,142

Period

Apr 2022

May 2022

Jun 2022

Jul 2022

Aug 2022

Sep 2022

Oct 2022

Total FTE

1,180

1,155

1,246

1,203

1,230

1,232

1,187


Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Nov 2022
Autumn Statement

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Nov 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Nov 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

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Written Question
Treasury: Security
Thursday 3rd November 2022

Asked by: Rachel Reeves (Labour - Leeds West)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has been made aware of any security breaches in his Department relating to Ministers in his Department during his time in post.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

It is a long-established practice of the Treasury not to comment either on whether a security breach has been identified, or any subsequent outcome.


Written Question
Treasury: Mobile Phones
Thursday 3rd November 2022

Asked by: Rachel Reeves (Labour - Leeds West)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what procedures are in place to prevent the use of personal mobile phones for government business in his Department.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

There is a place for the use of a variety of digital channels in fast moving modern environments. Ministers will have informal conversations from time to time, in person or remotely, and relevant content from such discussions is passed back to officials. They will also use a variety of digital communications channels for personal, political and Parliamentary matters.


Written Question
Treasury: ICT
Thursday 3rd November 2022

Asked by: Rachel Reeves (Labour - Leeds West)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will provide details of any government business he has conducted from his own personal devices or accounts.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

The Cabinet Office has published guidance to departments on the use of private email that covers how information is held for the purposes of access to information, and how formal decisions are recorded for the official record. This guidance is being updated to reflect changes in technology and ways of working and will be published by the Cabinet Office in due course.

It is Government policy not to comment on individual Ministers’ security arrangements. Ministers receive support and expert advice to help them meet their obligations in the most appropriate and secure fashion. That includes regular security briefings for Ministers, and advice on protecting their personal data and mitigating cyber threats.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 19 Oct 2022
Economic Responsibility and a Plan for Growth

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 19 Oct 2022
Economic Responsibility and a Plan for Growth

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 19 Oct 2022
Economic Responsibility and a Plan for Growth

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