Revenue and Customs: Manpower Mr. Liddell-Grainger To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) staff and (b) consultants were employed in each business unit of HM Revenue and Customs in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007 and (iii) 2008. Mr. Timms The information requested is in the following table. HM Revenue and Customs' reorganisation of its business units and transfers of staff and responsibilities between units means that staff numbers over a period may not be directly comparable. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Directorate |Headcount|Full-time equivalent|Headcount|Full-time equivalent|Headcount|Full-time equivalent| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Adjudicator's Office |40 |39.33 |42 |41.42 |41 |40.44 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Anti-Avoidance Group |117 |114.33 |110 |107.04 |116 |112.30 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Benefits and Credits |67 |65.52 |100 |98.33 |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Benefits and Credits—Delivery |— |— |— |— |7,100 |6,361.97 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Benefits and Credits—Product and Process |— |— |— |— |104 |102.49 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Business |89 |86.85 |214 |207.01 |225 |218.09 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Central Compliance |31 |31.00 |40 |39.64 |304 |292.18 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Central Policy |207 |200.77 |164 |157.40 |159 |152.66 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Charity, Assets and Residence |2,017 |1,902.01 |1,952 |1,832.91 |1,899 |1,775.18 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Commercial Directorate |148 |141.79 |163 |156.06 |136 |130.20 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Communications and Marketing |180 |174.56 |190 |184.14 |233 |224.68 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Corporate Shared Services |— |— |— |— |1,675 |1,566.74 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Corporation Tax and VAT |323 |309.53 |335 |322.03 |345 |329.98 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Criminal Investigation |1,635 |1,600.51 |1,860 |1,817.53 |1,856 |1,810.45 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Customer Contact |11,507 |10,664.37 |13,217 |12,294.18 |12,586 |11,766.70 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Customs and International |283 |271.60 |296 |284.86 |310 |297.27 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Debt Management and Banking |10,304 |9,316.74 |9,668 |8,683.12 |8,777 |7,874.11 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Departmental Transformation Programme and Capability Review|— |— |— |— |58 |56.44 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Detection |4,445 |4,335.50 |4,633 |4,513.80 |4,586 |4,459.87 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Estates and Support Services |3,361 |3,186.55 |2,852 |2,687.78 |2,249 |2,125.79 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Excise and Stamp Taxes |335 |322.06 |289 |275.96 |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Excise, Stamp and Money Businesses |— |— |— |— |319 |305.01 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Finance |— |— |— |— |423 |395.02 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Finance and Internal Audit |1,167 |1,081.92 |1,015 |930.58 |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Governance and Security |— |— |— |— |225 |217.85 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |HR and Learning |2,139 |2,021.16 |1,827 |1,728.32 |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Individuals |— |— |— |— |87 |85.52 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Individuals Customer Unit |30 |29.34 |39 |38.53 |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Information Management Solutions |1,997 |1,912.13 |1,743 |1,678.96 |1,499 |1,443.98 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Internal Audit |— |— |— |— |149 |145.40 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Knowledge, Analysis and intelligence |718 |688.00 |642 |612.88 |581 |552^88 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Large Business Service |1,875 |1,826.31 |1,814 |1,759.79 |1,761 |1,704.02 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Legal and Governance |422 |404.90 |529 |507.68 |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Local Compliance |17,807 |16,777.31 |16,062 |15,089.48 |15,429 |14,461.50 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |National Processing |12,369 |10,839.48 |10,991 |9,713.55 |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |National Teams and Special Civil Investigations |2,937 |2,790.52 |3,713 |3,531.57 |2,024 |1,948.15 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Organisational Development |61 |59.11 |46 |44.81 |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Pacesetter |— |— |— |— |15 |14.75 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |PAYE and SA Processing |19,134 |16,967.30 |17,205 |15,100.49 |20,781 |18,228.92 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |PAYE, SA and NIC |334 |323.86 |388 |373.17 |350 |335.65 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |People Function |— |— |— |— |286 |274.88 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Risk and Intelligence |4,569 |4,318.36 |4,296 |4,049.72 |3,833 |3,598.25 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Security and Business Continuity |77 |73.31 |71 |67.81 |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Solicitor's Office |— |— |— |— |387 |367.01 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Strategy Unit |9 |9.00 |4 |4.00 |— |— | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Workforce Change |— |— |— |— |53 |51.51 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |100,734 |92,885.05 |96,510 |88,934.55 |90,961 |83,827.84 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information on the number of individual consultants employed is not held centrally by the Department and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.