Asked by: Ashley Fox (Conservative - Bridgwater)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2024 to Question 9607 on DBT: Buildings, how many civil servants are assigned to work in his Department's headquarters in London; and how many individual desks are available in that office.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
I refer the (Rt.) Hon. Member to my response to question 9606, tabled on 16th October 2024.
Please see below a summary of the number of staff assigned by each location and the number of desks per location as of 30th September 2024:
DBT Hub | Headcount | Desk Numbers |
Belfast | 63 | 16 |
Birmingham | 403 | 216 |
Cardiff | 145 | 66 |
Darlington | 248 | 100 |
Edinburgh | 92 | 56 |
Greater Manchester | 171 | 65 |
London | 4010 | 1500 |
*Regional Offices | 194 | 141 |
Total | 5326 | 2160 |
*We have several offices across the country that are listed under Regional Offices, it would exceed the word count if these were to be listed in totality.
Asked by: Ashley Fox (Conservative - Bridgwater)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2024 to Question 9607 on DBT: Buildings, how many individual desks were occupied in his Department’s headquarters in the most recent four weeks for which figures are available.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Heads of Department have agreed that 60% minimum office attendance for most staff continues to be the best balance of working for the Civil Service.
Office occupancy data for the period July - September has been published, with further publications to now happen on a quarterly basis. The data is published here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-hq-occupancy-data
Asked by: Ashley Fox (Conservative - Bridgwater)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many civil servants are assigned to work in each of his Department's offices; and how many desks are available in each office.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Please see below a summary of the number of staff assigned by each location and the number of desks per location as of 30th September 2024:
DBT Hub | Headcount | Desk Numbers |
Belfast | 63 | 16 |
Birmingham | 403 | 216 |
Cardiff | 145 | 66 |
Darlington | 248 | 100 |
Edinburgh | 92 | 56 |
Greater Manchester | 171 | 65 |
London | 4010 | 1500 |
*Regional Offices | 194 | 141 |
Total | 5326 | 2160 |
*We have several offices across the country that are listed under Regional Offices, it would exceed the word count if these were to be listed in totality.
Asked by: Ashley Fox (Conservative - Bridgwater)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many and what proportion of desks were occupied in each of his Department’s offices in the most recent four weeks for which figures are available; and how many staff attended each office in person in the same period.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Heads of Department have agreed that 60% minimum office attendance for most staff continues to be the best balance of working for the Civil Service. Office occupancy data for the period July - September has been published today, with further publications to now happen on a quarterly basis. The data is published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-hq-occupancy-data
Asked by: Ashley Fox (Conservative - Bridgwater)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much was spent on (a) new furniture and fittings and (b) other refurbishment of Ministerial offices in his Department since the dissolution of the last Parliament; and on what items this was spent.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Since the dissolution of the last Parliament, the Department for Business and Trade has not spent any money on:
a) new furniture or fittings for Minister’s offices or
b) other refurbishment of Ministerial offices