Asked by: Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2020 to Question 83904 on Civil Servants: Edinburgh, how many HMRC staff are working in Queen Elizabeth House, Edinburgh; and how many have been based there in each month since its opening.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The UK Government Hub in Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth House, opened to staff on 1 September 2020. In line with current social distancing measures, HMRC have adapted their plans to welcome staff to their new location.
Since the opening, the number of HMRC staff in attendance has increased gradually as business-critical staff and others who need to be there completed their mandatory building inductions.
There will be other Government departments, in smaller numbers than HMRC, based at Queen Elizabeth House, although they are not currently working from the building: the Valuation Office Agency, the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Office of the Advocate General, the Competition and Markets Authority, the Office for Statistics Regulation, the Government Actuary’s Department, HM Treasury, the Health and Safety Executive, Cabinet Office and the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Asked by: Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Departments in addition to HMRC have staff based in Queen Elizabeth House in Edinburgh.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The UK Government Hub in Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth House, opened to staff on 1 September 2020. In line with current social distancing measures, HMRC have adapted their plans to welcome staff to their new location.
Since the opening, the number of HMRC staff in attendance has increased gradually as business-critical staff and others who need to be there completed their mandatory building inductions.
There will be other Government departments, in smaller numbers than HMRC, based at Queen Elizabeth House, although they are not currently working from the building: the Valuation Office Agency, the Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland, the Office of the Advocate General, the Competition and Markets Authority, the Office for Statistics Regulation, the Government Actuary’s Department, HM Treasury, the Health and Safety Executive, Cabinet Office and the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Asked by: Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many HMRC staff were employed in Scotland on (a) 1 September 2020, (b) 1 April 2020, (c) 1 April 2019, (d) 1 April 2018, (e) 1 April 2017, (f) 1 April 2016 and (g) 1 April 2015.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The number of HMRC staff employed in Scotland is as follows:
1 April 2015: 8,450
1 April 2016: 9,256
1 April 2017: 9,038
1 April 2018: 8,592
1 April 2019: 8,201
1 April 2020: 7,881
1 September 2020: 7,726
Asked by: Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cost to the public purse has been of wages for HMRC staff based in Scotland in each of the last five financial years.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The estimated cost of wages for HMRC staff based in Scotland for the last five financial years is as follows:
Financial Year | Cost |
20/21 | 190,197,894 |
19/20 | 192,907,940 |
18/19 | 195,917,991 |
17/18 | 200,454,678 |
16/17 | 197,811,410 |
Asked by: Tommy Sheppard (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh East)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the absence rate has been for HMRC staff based in Scotland in each of the last five financial years.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The average working days lost for each HMRC employee based in Scotland are as follows:
1 April 2018 – 31 March 2019: 7.25 days
1 April 2019 – 31 March 2020: 7.50 days
In the time available, it has not been possible to provide the information requested for earlier years. I will write to the Honourable Member with the further information requested in due course, and I will place a copy of the letter in the Library of the House.
The average working days lost for all HMRC employees over the three earlier years are as follows:
1 April 2015 – 31 March 2016: 7.58 days
1 April 2016 – 31 March 2017: 6.86 days
1 April 2017 – 31 March 2018: 6.89 days