Written question asked by Jim Cousins (Labour) on Wednesday, 3 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 March 2010. It was answered by Stephen Timms (Labour) on Tuesday, 16 March 2010 on behalf of the Treasury.

Revenue and Customs: Manpower

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of staff of HM Revenue and Customs were (a) on fixed term appointments and (b) agency workers in each of the last three years.

Answer

[holding answer 8 March 2010]: The information is as follows:(a) The information requested is provided in the following table.

	Fixed term appointments
	Headcount	Percentage of HMRC total headcount
April 2007	4,206	4.4
April 2008	2,578	2.8
April 2009	1,327	1.5

(b) Agency staff numbers are available only at disproportionate cost, as they are not centrally held by HM Revenue and Customs' systems.

Secondary information