Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the cumulative cost is to date of continued payment in rent for HM Revenue and Customs office sites that have been vacated.

When HMRC vacates an office in accordance with its operational requirements, it would seek to dispose of the building following any remedial work which needed to be completed. It may choose to retain the building if other government departments are based at the location and are funding the remaining lease, or if it is more cost effective to leave a location and relocate staff which to date has not happened so the cost is nil.