Revenue and Customs: Manpower

Mr. Liddell-Grainger
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the HM Revenue and Customs employee headcount was for its (a) PSN and (b) information management services department in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009.

Mr. Timms
The information requested is provided in the following table:

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|          |HMRC directorate                     |
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|          |IMS (Information Management Services)|PSN (PAYE, SA and NIC)|
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|April 2009|1,428                                |372|
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|April 2008|1,499                                |350|
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|April 2007|1,743                                |388|
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|April 2006|1,997                                |334|
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