Asked by: Lisa Cameron (Conservative - East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the IMF estimate that the closure of the East Kilbride HMRC centre will result in a loss of up to £30 million to the East Kilbride economy and more than 2,000 jobs.
Answered by Mel Stride - Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
HMRC expects the vast majority of staff in East Kilbride to move with HMRC to the Glasgow Regional Centre when the transitional site, at Queensway House, closes in 2025-26 as referenced in UIN 181245.
HMRC has not undertaken an economic impact assessment of the closure of its office in East Kilbride, as it is an operational decision to move to regional centres in order to improve the efficiency and delivery of HMRC’s objectives. It expects the economic impact on East Kilbride to be limited as the majority of staff will still be employed by HMRC, in Glasgow, but will remain resident in or near East Kilbride.