Freedom of Information Team
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Anthony Mills
Central Mail Unit
Newcastle Upon Tyne
By email:
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Date: 03 October 2023
Our ref:
FOI2023/66366
Dear Anthony Mills
Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)
Thank you for your request, which was received on 4 September, for the following
information:
“Please provide a gross number of HMRC employees, employed year on year, since April
2007.”
Our response
The table below sets out HMRC’s paid workforce at the end of each financial year, starting
at 2007/08 which shows the workforce on 31/03/2008.
This data does not include contractors or people employed by HMRC but currently not being
paid at the time of data capture. Staff in the non-pay category include individuals on unpaid
maternity, unpaid sick leave sick, secondment or career break leave as just a few examples.
Year
*HMRC Headcount
2007/08 88,900
2008/09 88,870
2009/10 82,960
2010/11 74,380
2011/12 74,970
2012/13 72,740
2013/14 69,310
2014/15 64,310
2015/16 66,630
2016/17 68,710
2017/18 64,780
2018/19 63,950
2019/20 63,840
2020/21 62,940
2021/22 67,510
2022/23 68,395
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(*Please note that these Headcount figures are rounded to the nearest 10 (per ACSES
commission and therefore do not ‘match’ Staff In Post (SIP) – other publications may use
actual figures)
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Information Commissioner’s Office. Yours sincerely,
HM Revenue and Customs
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