Mark Hendrick – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mark Hendrick on 2015-11-26.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full time equivalent staff were employed at the tax credit office in Preston in each year from 2010 to 2015; and what estimate he has made of the size of the workforce at that office in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.
Mr David Gauke
The following table outlines the number of full time equivalent staff employed at the tax credit office in Preston at the start of each financial year.
Financial year |
Number of full time equivalent staff |
April 2010 |
2010 |
April 2011 |
1957 |
April 2012 |
1998 |
April 2013 |
2033 |
April 2014 |
1870 |
April 2015 |
1787 |
The projected full time equivalent staffing levels in 2016, 2017 and 2018 are 2,050, 1,941 and 1,834 respectively.