Tulip Siddiq – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tulip Siddiq on 2016-05-06.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what sub-departments HMRC has in addition to the Tax Capacity Building Unit, the Large Business Service/Directorate, the Compliance Unit, the Transfer Pricing Unit, the Business International Directorate, and the Anti-Money Laundering Supervision Team; and (a) what funds were allocated to and (b) how many FTE staff were employed by each sub-department in each year since 2009-10.
Mr David Gauke
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is split into four sub-departments, or business areas, for delivery purposes, which are supported by corporate areas.
Please see below the expenditure and full time equivalent (FTE) staff for each of those areas for the period 2009/10 onwards.
Net expenditure (£m)
|
09/10 |
10/11 |
11/12 |
12/13 |
13/14 |
14/15 |
|
|
Enforcement and Compliance |
1,033 |
1,004 |
991 |
1,028 |
1,037 |
987 |
|
Business Tax |
222 |
248 |
181 |
185 |
156 |
201 |
|
Personal Tax |
763 |
682 |
726 |
728 |
670 |
531 |
|
Benefits & Credits |
169 |
164 |
154 |
157 |
153 |
154 |
|
Corporate |
1,760 |
1,477 |
1,647 |
1,566 |
1,629 |
1,595 |
|
HMRC |
3,947 |
3,575 |
3,699 |
3,664 |
3,645 |
3,468 |
HMRC has not yet published accounts for 2015/16.
FTE staff
|
09/10 |
10/11 |
11/12 |
12/13 |
13/14 |
14/15 |
15/16 |
|
|
Enforcement and Compliance |
26,864 |
25,475 |
25,334 |
26,601 |
26,923 |
26,223 |
26,798 |
|
Business Tax |
3,776 |
3,877 |
3,695 |
3,410 |
3,160 |
4,415 |
4,582 |
|
Personal Tax |
27,307 |
25,975 |
26,858 |
24,444 |
20,558 |
14,949 |
15,661 |
|
Benefits & Credits |
6,307 |
5,834 |
5,301 |
5,157 |
4,983 |
5,193 |
5,459 |
|
Corporates |
6,445 |
5,720 |
5,279 |
4,865 |
6,376 |
6,358 |
7,356 |
|
HMRC* |
70,699 |
66,881 |
66,467 |
64,477 |
61,370 |
57,138 |
59,856 |
*this total for HMRC includes Civil Service Resourcing.
The question mentions specific teams within HMRC and those teams are within the Business Areas above, as follows:
Large Business – Business Tax
Compliance Unit – Enforcement and Compliance
Transfer Pricing Unit – Business Tax
Business International – Business Tax
Anti-money laundering – Enforcement and Compliance
HMRC does not publish accounts information at a level of detail that includes expenditure or allocations by specific teams.
