Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 4 November 2019 to Question 7187 on Revenue and Customs: Staff, if he will estimate the number of HMRC staff employed at the Bathgate Pyramids business centre who will relocate to the Edinburgh regional centre in September 2020; and if he will make a statement.

HMRC expect a large number of staff in Bathgate (Pyramids Business Centre) to relocate to the Edinburgh Regional Centre when the office closes in September 2020. One-to-one meetings between staff and managers commenced in September 2019 and are now complete, but HMRC are still working through redeployment options for a number of colleagues. HMRC are committed to helping redeploy people and are unable to confirm the numbers of people that will be moving to Edinburgh Regional Centre until this important activity has been completed.