Question
(2) which HM Revenue and Customs offices originally scheduled for closure under the Workforce Change programme are now planned to stay open; and for what reasons in each case.
Answer
The aim of HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Workforce Change regional review programme was to match its accommodation with its future business needs. The following table provides a list of the HMRC offices announced for closure under the regional review programme. Decisions made to close these offices remain unchanged.HMRC has however looked again at the timing of the closures of a number of these offices in the light of budgetary constraints, and has decided that the vacation of some offices will not now take place in 2009-10 as originally planned. This does not affect the strategic decision to close these buildings, which HMRC aims to complete in 2010-11.Where an office housing an inquiry centre closes, the inquiry centre services will be retained at or near the current location so face to face services to HMRC's customers will not be affected.
| HMRC offices announced for closure under HMRC's Workforce Change Regional Review process | |
|---|---|
| Town | Building |
| Aberystwyth | Crown Buildings |
| Accrington | Castle House |
| Alfreton | Horsefair House |
| Alnwick | Bondgate Hall |
| Altrincham | Roberts House |
| Andover | London Street |
| Ashford | Wellesley Road |
| Ashton-under-Lyne | Oakglade House |
| Aylesbury | Kingfisher House |
| Ayr | Russell House |
| Ballymena | Kilpatrick House |
| Banbridge | Bridgwater House |
| Banbury | Crown Building |
| Bangor | Ty Glyn |
| Barrow in Furness | Furness House |
| Basildon | Kelting House |
| Basildon | Regent House |
| Bath | Royal Mead |
| Bedford | Portman House |
| Belfast | Olivetree House |
| Belfast | Windsor House |
| Bideford | North Bank House |
| Birkenhead | Birchen House |
| Bishop Auckland | Vinovium House |
| Blackpool | Mexford House |
| Boston | Chantry House |
| Brecon | Government Buildings |
| Bridgend | Tremains Road |
| Bridgwater | Westgate House |
| Bridlington | Crown Building |
| Brierley Hill | Capstan House |
| Bristol | The Pithay |
| Bristol | Woodlands Court |
| Buckie | Moray House |
| Burnley | Towneley House |
| Burton upon Trent | Crown House |
| Bury | Minden House |
| Bury St. Edmunds | Triton House |
| Cannock | Rogers House |
| Cardiff | Portcullis House |
| Carmarthen | Ty Myrddin |
| Cheadle | Boundary House |
| Cheltenham | Inland Revenue House |
| Chester | Eden House |
| Chester | Norroy House |
| Chesterfield | Dents Chambers |
| Chichester | 6, Southgate |
| Chippenham | Kilvert House |
| Chorley | Lingmell House |
| Clacton-on-Sea | Harlech House |
| Coatbridge | Muiryhall Street |
| Colchester | Northgate House |
| Coleraine | Mill House |
| Cowes | Watchhouse |
| Crewe | Crewe House |
| Darlington | Regent House |
| Derby | St. James House |
| Dewsbury | Empire House |
| Doncaster | St. Peters House |
| Doncaster | Weston House |
| Dorchester | Vespasian House |
| Dumbarton | Meadowbank Street |
| Dumfries | Brooms Road |
| Dunfermline | Merchiston House |
| Dunoon | Auchencraig |
| Durham | Wycliffe House |
| East Dereham | Revenue Building |
| Edinburgh | Argyle House |
| Edinburgh | Clarendon House |
| Edinburgh | Saughton House |
| Edinburgh | Spitfire House |
| Edinburgh | York Place |
| Elgin | Phoenix House |
| Enniskillen | Custom House |
| Evesham | Lower Leys |
| Falkirk | Grahame House |
| Farnham | Woolmead House |
| Frome | Edwin Sims House |
| Gainsborough | Crown House |
| Galashiels | New Reiver House |
| Glasgow | Blythswood House |
| Grangemouth | Custom House |
| Grantham | Crown House |
| Gravesend | Stephenson House |
| Grays | Crown Building |
| Great Yarmouth | Havenbridge House |
| Greenock | Custom House |
| Greenock | Dalrymple Street |
| Grimsby | Heritage House |
| Halifax | Dean Clough Mill |
| Halifax | Southgate House |
| Hamilton | Barrack Street |
| Harlow | Beaufort House |
| Harlow | Terminus House |
| Hastings | Ashdown House |
| Hatfield | Gracemead House |
| Haverfordwest | Government Buildings |
| Hawick | Crown Building |
| Haywards Heath | Oaklands |
| Hemel Hempstead | Lord Alexander House |
| Hereford | Broadway House |
| Hertford | Sovereign House |
| Hexham | St. Andrews House |
| High Wycombe | Thame House |
| Horsham | Exchange House |
| Horsham | Tower Court |
| Hove | Martello House |
| Huddersfield | Crown House |
| Huntingdon | Chequers Court |
| Inverness | Longman House |
| Keighley | Worth House |
| Kendal | Eskdale House |
| Kendal | Kentmere House |
| Kettering | Cytringan House |
| Kettering | Montagu Court |
| King's Lynn | Custom House |
| Lancaster | Charter House |
| Launceston | Madford House |
| Leeds | Century House |
| Leeds | Jefferson House |
| Leeds | Pennine House |
| Leek | Britannia Chambers |
| Leicester | Attenborough House |
| Leicester | Enkalon House |
| Leigh | Boardman House |
| Lewes | Medwyn House |
| Lincoln | Ceres House |
| Liverpool | Graeme House |
| Liverpool | Norwich House |
| Liverpool | Regian House |
| Llanelli | Crown Building |
| London (Central) | Belgrave Road |
| London (Central) | Haymarket House |
| London (Central) | New Kings Beam House |
| London (Central) | Thomas Paine House |
| London (Central) | Towergate |
| London (Central) | Towergate Garage |
| London (Outer) | 3 Brook Street, Kingston upon Thames |
| London (Outer) | Church Hill, Walthamstow |
| London (Outer) | Collingwood Business Centre, Tufnell Park |
| London (Outer) | Gateway House, Finchley |
| London (Outer) | Helena House, Sutton |
| London (Outer) | Lyndhurst House, Mill Hill |
| London (Outer) | Majestic House, Staines |
| London (Outer) | Northside House, Bromley |
| London (Outer) | Station House, Colindale |
| London (Outer) | Valiant House, Wembley |
| Louth | Revenue Buildings |
| Ludlow | Riddings Road |
| Luton | Jansel House |
| Macclesfield | Craven House |
| Maidenhead | Bell Tower House |
| Maidstone | Concorde House |
| Manchester | Royal Exchange Building |
| Mansfield | Chaucer House |
| Margate | Capital House |
| Melton Mowbray | Crown House |
| Middlesbrough | Fountain Court |
| Morpeth | Back Riggs |
| Motherwell | Civic Square |
| Newark | Millgate |
| Newbury | Elizabeth House |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Aidan House |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Cale Cross House |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Eagle Star House |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | North Star House |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Warwick House |
| Newport | Crown Building |
| Newport IOW | 88-91 St. James Street |
| Newport IOW | Apex |
| Newry | Downshire House |
| Newton Abbot | Sherborne House |
| Northampton | Beaumont House |
| Northwich | Dane House |
| Norwich | Roseberry Court |
| Nottingham | Bowman House |
| Nottingham | Huntingdon Court |
| Nuneaton | Powell House |
| Oban | Mathieson House |
| Oldham | Phoenix House |
| Oswestry | Plas Ffynon |
| Oxford | Sterling House |
| Paisley | Gilmour House |
| Pembroke | Custom House |
| Penrith | Voreda House |
| Penzance | Penlowarth |
| Perth | Water Vennel |
| Peterborough | Ashurst House |
| Peterborough | Hereward House |
| Peterborough | Stuart House |
| Peterhead | Keith House |
| Plymouth | Custom House |
| Plymouth | Westpoint |
| Pontefract | Micklegate House |
| Pontypool | Ty'r Felin |
| Pontypridd | Taff Vale House |
| Preston | Cop Lane |
| Prestwick | Liberator House |
| Reading | Eaton Court |
| Reading | Eldon Court |
| Redditch | Threadneedle House |
| Retford | Kings Park House |
| Rhyl | Llys Anwyl |
| Ripon | Athelstan Court |
| Rochdale | Newgate House |
| Rothesay | King Street |
| Rugby | Bennfield House |
| Salford | Anchorage 2 |
| Salisbury | Alexandra House |
| Scarborough | Albion House |
| Scunthorpe | Station House |
| Shipley | Crown House |
| Shipley | Hockney House |
| Shrewsbury | New Mayfield House |
| Skipton | Cavendish House |
| Southampton | 8 Ogle Road |
| Southampton | Portcullis House |
| Southampton | Queen's Keep |
| Southend | Dencora Court |
| Southend | Portcullis House |
| Southport | Dukes House |
| Spalding | Government Buildings |
| Spalding | Holland House |
| St. Albans | Beauver House |
| St. Annes | Petros House |
| Stafford | Greyfriars House |
| Stirling | Spittal Street |
| Stockport | Wellesley House |
| Stockton | Dunedin House |
| Stratford upon Avon | Crown Building |
| Sudbury | Newton Road |
| Sunderland | Gilbridge House |
| Sunderland | Shackleton House |
| Swansea | Custom House |
| Swindon | Spring Gardens |
| Taunton | Riverside Chambers |
| Tonbridge | Douglas House |
| Torquay | Tor Hill House |
| Truro | Pydar House |
| Tunbridge Wells | Longford House |
| Tunbridge Wells | Union House |
| Wakefield | Crown House |
| Washington | Cheviot House |
| Washington | Weardale House |
| Wellingborough | Christchurch House |
| Wells | Priory Road |
| Welshpool | Dolanog House |
| Weston Super Mare | Parkside |
| Whitehaven | Blencathra House |
| Wick | Government Buildings |
| Widnes | Kingsway House |
| Wigan | Bridgeman House |
| Winchester | Cromwell House |
| Witham | Iceni House |
| Worthing | Teville Gate House |
| Yeovil | Maltravers House |
| York | Swinson House |