HMRC vowed to break up with Capgemini then paid it another £4.2B
Government wants public spending to back British business, but the French supplier could remain at the tax collector until 2036..
Government wants public spending to back British business, but the French supplier could remain at the tax collector until 2036.
The short version
- However, the relationship between His Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and Capgemini – which could ultimately span 32 years – shows the scale of that challenge.
- The Register worked with Otnox, which collects and standardizes public procurement data from more than 80 countries, to analyze HMRC's published transactions above £25,000.
- The records show that HMRC paid Capgemini at least £4.2 billion across 15,726 transactions between 2014 – when its Aspire contract with Capgemini was initially set to end – and July 2026.
What happened
Sixteen months of data are missing from that period, so the true total may be higher. In 2016, the National Audit Office said Aspire provided stable but expensive IT systems.
Why it matters
"The contract has contributed to HMRC's technology becoming out of date.
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