Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much public money has been spent by HMRC on (a) internal staff costs and (b) external consultancy relating to delivery of the Government Shared Services cluster programme for which HMRC has lead responsibility from the outset of the programme to end of October 2022.

This question was answered on 2nd November 2022
The Government Shared Services HMRC Led Cluster Programme gained approval to a Strategic Outline Case in Sept 2021. From Sept 2021 to October 2022, HMRC has spent £1.76 million on internal staff costs and £2.02 million on external consultancy costs.