Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 22 December 2020 to Question 130035 on Revenue and Customs: Termination of Employment, if he will supply the same data for each year from April 2005 onwards; and what the total headcount was in HMRC in April of each year from 2005 to 2020.

The following table details the total headcount in HMRC in April of the last six years:

In the time available, it has not been possible to provide the information requested for earlier years. I will write to the Honourable Member with the further information requested in due course, and I will place a copy of the letter in the Library of the House.