07/03/2018 House of Lords

lower weight times on help lines and

new ways. Changes to H mercy are an

important part of this transmission

process. Moving from a large, widely

dispersed varied in size across the

UK to eight ounce train network of

modern regional hubs. In November

2015, HMRC announced that in the

following ten years it would bring

its employees together and 13

regional offices all in locations

where it already has a significant

presence such as it does in

Birmingham. This location of teams

across HMRC will lead to increased

collaboration of Fox ability of only

HMRC to provide more effective and

efficient services to the taxpayer.

It is but support in-place to help

its workforce through these changes.

In Birmingham, the regional centre

will be situated in the heart of the

city at three Irina Centro. It will

be home to 3600 civil servants with

two thousand 650 H mercy staff

moving in from 13 offices around the

West Midlands region to undertake a

wide range of key tax professional

operational delivery roles. The

first of HMRC's regional centres

opening in Croydon in July this

year, construction is on the way --

underway in Bristol, Cardiff,

Belfast and Leeds. All of these

offices will be a modern, friendly

and located in the heart of the

committee. Mosul be shared with

other departments and all have been

size for the future needs of HMRC

and the taxpayer. In addition to the

13 regional centres, HMRC will keep

seven transitional sites opened

across the UK for several years

where it helps retain key skills

during the period of transition as

was five specialist sites that

cannot be done elsewhere. HMRC will

retain Telfair as a site for

specialist visual teams. HMRC will

ensure disruptions to his business

operations is minimised. The Burnley

regional centre will be opened in

late 2020. The move to regional

centres will remove savings in the

taxpayer of £300 billion of to 2025

and an annual cash savings of £74

million in the taxpayer of £300

billion of the 2025 and an annual

cash savings of 74 million thousand

2025 rises more than £90 million by

2028. It also avoids cost of £75

million a year from 2021 while the

current PF I contract comes to an

end. But it is important to stress

that this is not about cost savings

in Britain. HMRC new office

structure will allow people to

develop more fulfilling careers.

There will be a far wider for a new

jobs in different career paths to

senior roles as well as a wide range

of work will be based in single

sites. These modern buildings will

unquestionably develop -- deliver a

better working environment for H

mercy working environment. These

locations also increased HMRC to as

an employer enabling to recruit and

train the next generation of gender

-- of her vessels. This is

important. H mercy was due all can

to keep his skills, knowledge and

policy to minimise and redundancies.

The vast majority of HMRC employees

are within reasonable daily travel

over regional centre, special site

or transitional site. That is

deliberate, Mr Speaker. Decisions to

locate or based on the modelling of

where says his staffer base. HMRC

estimates that 90% of its workforce

will be of tumour to one of its

regional centres are complete their

career and their current office. For

those currently based in waterfront

offices, the travel time is between

35 to 55 minutes by car or train.

That said, HMRC recognises that

individual employees have distinct

personal circumstances and not

everyone will feel able to move to a

regional centre even where they may

be reasonably close by. It has been

structured support in plays and a

point I know that the honourable

gentleman from Dudley North

specifically asked me, structures

are in place to help those who can

move and those who cannot. One year

ahead of any move, anyone affected

has the opportunity to discuss their

personal circumstances with their

manager to talk there any particular

needs to be taken into account when

making decisions or any help they

need to make the move. For instance,

by helping them with additional

travel costs. This is a tried and

tested process was more than 10,000

of these conversations held an HMRC

over the last two years. There is a

range of support for those unable to

make the move to a regional centre

as well. HMRC run the programme of

training, workshops, webinars and

coaching which includes advice on

transferable skills since starting

it has been offered to around 800

employees at HMRC will continue to

provide this support.

There'll be excited to work in the

March 2001 at that point that's

credits are expected to move fully

across the universe of credits of

the tax credits will -- currently

undertaken in Maryvale -- Mary help.

As a tax credits cases load deep --.

It will be the case, Mr Sir to the

HMRC will be working with those that

every opportunity will make a

successful move into a reallocated

employment. And the members

specifically asked if I would be

happy to meet with him and some of

the staffer then he has been and I

can certainly be more happy to do

that perhaps in Westminster would

probably be most appropriate given

that perhaps the member firm Preston

and indeed the member from Dudley

South would also wish to join him. I

was a baby very open. Finally, Mr

Speaker, the honourable member from

Dudley North asked about the

specifics support that would be

provided for those of might not be

able to make the move from Maryhill

to the new centre in the centre of

Birmingham. As I have said, all

staff will have one-to-one

discussion with their manager and a

year in advance about any office

move that affects them. And due to

discuss their personal

circumstances. If they're not there

within reasonable daily travel, and

what support may be needed to enable

them. And for those who cannot move,

there will be financial support for

those, who can move,. There will be

some help for those for the daily

time of the five years. HMRC is

supporting those who cannot move by

seeking and what opportunities and

other departments. On the notice, I

will conclude this, Mr Speaker.

Order. The question is this House do

now adjourn all is those who do say

I've. On the contrary, no. I believe

the eyes max habit. Order. Order.

Order. -- I'm -- Eisenach.

the eyes max habit. Order. Order.

Order. -- I'm -- Eisenach.