Thirty-Seventh Report - HMRC Performance in 2020–21

Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee HC 641 11 February 2022
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 35 items (14 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 35 of 35 classified)
Accepted 17
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 11
Not Addressed 5
Rejected 1
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Thirty Seventh report from Session 2021-22 · published 28 Apr 2022
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Recommendations & Conclusions

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8 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Changed working practices have left HMRC with more office space than it needs.
Recommendation
Changed working practices have left HMRC with more office space than it needs. We have long standing concerns about the flexibility of HMRC’s estates strategy which is seeing it move to 13 regional centres with long-term non-breakable property leases. The … Read more
Government Response Summary
HMRC will work with the Government Property Agency and the Places for Growth Programme in the Cabinet Office to ensure that any surplus office space in staffed buildings across the HMRC estate is not left vacant, and will report back to the Committee by the end of July 2022; however, it disagrees with reporting the amount and cost of empty space each quarter, but will provide GPA/OGP with details of any remaining surplus space at appropriate intervals.
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