Revenue and Customs: Staff
(asked on 15th December 2020) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff by (a) headcount and (b) full-time equivalent were employed by HMRC on 1 January in each year from 2010 to 2020.
In accordance with their HR data retention policy, HMRC do not retain headcount data for more than six years. The table below details the headcount and full-time equivalent in HMRC on 1 January 2016–2020:
Year | Headcount | FTE |
2016 | 67,195 | 60,035.83 |
2017 | 69,280 | 62,587.98 |
2018 | 67,088 | 60,689.55 |
2019 | 63,390 | 57,337.74 |
2020 | 65,679 | 59,572.91 |
YTD 30 Nov 20 | 64,110 | 58,466.88 |
HMRC do measure and publish annually in their accounts, information on FTE on a fiscal year basis (1 April – 31 March). The table below details the FTE in HMRC from 2010/11 to 2015/16 as published in their accounts:
Year | FTE |
2010/11 | 67,553 |
2011/12 | 64,483 |
2012/13 | 61,568 |
2013/14 | 59,494 |
2014/15 | 57,510 |
2015/16 | 60,036 |