Key facts

£813m

average amount HMRC spent each year on the Aspire contract, July 2004 to March 2014

 

£506bn

amount HMRC collected in tax receipts, 2013-14

 

30%

reduction in HMRC's operating costs, 2006-07 to 2013-14

 

95 per cent

projects implemented since 2008-09 without high-priority incidents

387

working minutes lost in 2013-14 per full time equivalent HMRC staff member due to ICT not being available. This is down from 2,736 minutes in 2007-08

£7.9 billion

HMRC paid to Aspire suppliers between July 2004 and March 2014, after adjusting for inflation

£1.2 billion

profit earned by major suppliers (16 per cent of the £7.9 billion HMRC paid), after adjusting for inflation

Three years

left for HMRC to reform its ICT approach, to meet government policy and replace the Aspire contract