Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2018 to Question 172633 on Revenue and Customs staffing, what assessment has been made by HMRC on its capacity to ensure that all new recruits will be fully trained by the time that the UK leaves the EU.

As a large department, we are using a number of levers to resource EU Exit roles including deployment of current staff and recruitment of new staff. HMRC is well practised at running large recruitment campaigns for operational delivery staff, and capacity to train new recruits is routinely built in to resourcing plans. This includes the number of staff requiring training, the availability of trainers, resources and infrastructure, and the design of training materials.