PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Universal Credit (1 December 2016)

Question Asked

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff of HM Revenue and Customs worked on the design and implementation of universal credit in each year since its introduction.

Asked by:
Debbie Abrahams (Labour)

Answer

HM Revenue and Customs has employed the following full-time equivalents to support the design and implementation of Universal Credit:

Period

Average full-time equivalents

2011/2012 (September to March)

37

2012/13

132

2013/2014

132

2014/15

101

2015/16

98

2016/17 (April to October)

85


Answered by:
Jane Ellison (Conservative)
6 December 2016

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