Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's press release entitled The Chancellor and the Office of Tax Simplification announce Bill Dodwell as new Tax Director, published on gov.uk on 10 January 2019, whether the newly appointed Tax Director of the Office of Tax Simplification was approached about the role while he was still under contract with Deloitte.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer was pleased to appoint Bill Dodwell as Tax Director of the OTS, with effect from 14^th January 2019. The OTS will continue to offer valuable advice on simplifying the tax system under his leadership.

The contract in question was a short-term consultancy agreement which was terminated on Monday 7^th January 2018.