Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans HM Revenue and Customs has for the future of its staff working at Abbey House and Parkside Court in Telford.

Telford will be a Specialist Site location for HMRC that will include Digital Technology and Corporate Service functions. Over the past two years we have redeployed some of our IT specialists previously contracted to ASPIRE into HMRC Digital Technology Services. We are committed to invest in specialist skills and training for all of our people.

HMRC’s Chief Digital Information Officer business area continues to recruit into Plaza (a nearby location), making opportunities available where possible to those HMRC staff in Abbey and Parkside and current workforce plans shows for this to continue. In addition Telford are also working to strengthen relationships with HMRC Birmingham as part of the West Midlands network, for example current initiatives include mental health networks.