Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) payroll and (b) non-payroll staff in HMRC's High Net Worth Unit.

HMRC’s Wealthy team (a merger of the previous High Net Worth Unit and Affluent teams) as of 31/03/18 had approximately 1137 staff or 1046 full time equivalent staff employed in payroll roles. There were no staff in non-payroll roles. The estimated cost of payroll staff is £40.6m for 2018/19.