Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Work and Pensions Committee evidence session of 13 October 2016 on Concentrix and Tax Credits Q99, and to the Written Statement of 15 November 2016, HCWS 251, Update on HM Revenue and Customs' contract with Concentrix: Written statement, what the reasons are for the difference between the figure for the estimated saving to the Exchequer from reducing fraud and error as a result of this contract of £270 million given by the Chief Executive of HM Revenue and Customs in the evidence and the figure of £193 million given by the Minister in the written statement; and if he will make a statement.

As part of the process for the 2016 Autumn Statement, as at previous fiscal events, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has revised its estimate for the savings as a result of the contract as new information has become available. The figures given by HMRC’s Chief Executive and in the Written Ministerial Statement reflected the latest estimate at the time.