Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what dates the HMRC Audit and Risk Committee has met since April 2020 24 July 2019; and whether at those meetings the Committee (a) considered the organisational risks of HMRC's level of staffing, (b) recommended an increase in staffing and (c) recommended a reduction in staffing.

HMRC’s Audit and Risk Committee provides assurance to the Board and the Principal Accounting Officer on the integrity of the financial statements and the comprehensiveness and reliability of assurances across HMRC on governance, risk management and the control environment.

Since 1 April 2020, the Audit and Risk Committee has met on:

• 7 April 2020
• 21 May 2020
• 23 June 2020
• 23 July 2020
• 6 October 2020
• 3 November 2020
• 1 December 2020

The Committee routinely considers the Department’s corporate level risks. The Committee did not recommend an increase or a reduction in staffing.