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Revenue and Customs: Managed Service Companies

Commons · Question 124183 · Tabled 26 Mar 2026 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 13 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Kim Johnson

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the projected cost of the Managed Service Provider model is, including contract management and oversight costs; and whether that cost has been benchmarked against (a) recruiting and training permanent HMRC staf

Answer

Answered by Dan Tomlinson, 13 Apr 2026

Customer demand for HMRC services can fluctuate significantly, both seasonally and in response to external events. HMRC uses Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to provide additional, flexible capacity to help manage these types of variations and support per...