Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what date HMRC's policy on staff working from home was last substantially updated.

HMRC has, like all Government departments, been managing through a complex time to support colleagues to continue to deliver vital services and work in line with Government guidance related to the pandemic.

The policies which apply outside of the circumstances related to the pandemic were last updated substantially as follows:

Balancing Home and Office Working – June 2021

Contractual Home Working – July 2021

The temporary policy to support colleagues to follow Government guidance in response to the pandemic was last substantially updated in August 2021 to take account of changes to the guidance and support colleagues with a gradual and phased return to offices. The policy was last reviewed by the HMRC Executive Committee on 22 November 2021, but no immediate updates to the policy have been made.