Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to re-tender the contract for tax credit checks to another private company after the Concentrix contract ends or return the service to the public sector; and what the cost to the public purse was of the tendering process that awarded Concentrix that contract.

This question was answered on 21st October 2016
HM Revenue and Customs is not looking at another procurement exercise for tax credits compliance checks at this time. It is not possible to isolate the cost of the procurement exercise that awarded the contract to Concentrix – existing internal resources and associated overheads were utilised in the procurement process.