Revenue and Customs: Vacancies

Mrs. Gillan
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in which HM Revenue and Customs operational areas in Wales there are staff shortages, broken down by role.

Jane Kennedy
Work is in progress through HMRC's Workforce Change Programme to address staff distribution requirements aligned to business transformation.

There is an ongoing recruitment exercise for a number of HMRC contact centres including Cardiff. In Wales specifically HMRC currently have 15 vacancies and these breakdown into the following grades: 11 higher officers, four officers.

These vacancies are in a number of business areas and are being advertised to existing staff, with priority given to pre-surplus staff.