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Revenue and Customs: Offices

Volume 460: debated on Tuesday 22 May 2007

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many responses to the consultation on HM Revenue and Customs local offices were received, broken down by (a) area and (b) medium of contact. (137901)

The number of responses to each of the staff and union consultation exercises that have so far been concluded, and summary findings published to staff, under HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) regional review programme are set out in the table.

All staff and union responses were sent by e-mail, most to a dedicated mailbox. Treasury Ministers and the Board of HMRC have also received written responses direct from hon. Members and other external stakeholders as shown in the following table.

Urban central consultation ended

Number of e-mail responses

Number of staff represented by responses

Number of MPs responding

Number of others responding

London

Central London

185

1,580

0

0

5 October 2006

Outer London

129

1,106

8

4

21 February 2007

South East

Reading

26

114

0

0

Southampton and Portsmouth

156

420

5

10

21 February 2007

East

Peterborough

54

122

4

0

Southend

32

75

4

0

East Midlands

Northampton

39

178

4

0

Nottingham/Derby and Leicester

162

336

15

4

Yorkshire and Humberside

Leeds/Bradford/Shipley

190

687

18

16

Sheffield

76

188

5

1

14 March 2007

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to publish the conclusions of the review of HM Revenue and Customs staff and offices. (137911)

The timetable for the commencement of each of HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC's) regional review programmes is available on its website:

www.hmrc.gov.uk

It is expected that announcements on decisions will be published as soon as possible after the end of the feasibility process, which lasts for 12 to 16 weeks.