Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff of his Department are involved in the renegotiations of the UK's tax treaties with developing countries.

HM Revenue and Customs’ Tax Treaty Team, which at October 2016 has 10.3 full time equivalent members of staff, is responsible for negotiating the UK’s tax treaties. The make-up of the negotiating programme will vary from year to year which means it is not possible to put an exact figure on the number of staff involved with negotiations with developing countries.