HMRC Estate Transformation Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

HMRC Estate Transformation

John Howell Excerpts
Tuesday 29th January 2019

(5 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mel Stride Portrait Mel Stride
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I can only apologise, Mr Speaker, and I obviously accept your guidance on this matter. I believe I was asked about 20-plus questions between the two Front Benchers, but I take your point.

I will deal with one last point. The hon. Member for Aberdeen North (Kirsty Blackman) specifically asked me how many of the 5,000-plus personnel that HMRC is recruiting in the context of our Brexit planning will be based in Scotland. We are up to about 3,500 currently, and I will write to the hon. Lady to make sure that we provide her with the information she has sought.

John Howell Portrait John Howell (Henley) (Con)
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When I was an inspector of taxes, the office network was totally incapable of being developed for a digital situation. How will this new programme make such development a possibility?