Asked by: Ashley Fox (Conservative - Bridgwater)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2024 to Question 9826 on Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Buildings, how many civil servants are assigned to work in his Department's headquarters in London; and how many individual desks are available in the headquarters office.
Answered by Feryal Clark - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 5 November to Question 9825.
Asked by: Ashley Fox (Conservative - Bridgwater)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, 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 Feryal Clark - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The number of civil servants assigned to the Department’s office locations, and how many desks are available in each office location, are shown below:
Location | Headcount | Desks |
10 Victoria Street, London | 183 | 105 |
100 Parliament Street, London | 564 | 566 |
22 Whitehall, London | 972 | 204 |
3 Glass Wharf, Bristol | 9 | 5 |
Apex Court, Nottingham | 3 | 3 |
Atlantic Quay, Glasgow | 4 | 2 |
Citygate, Newcastle | 5 | 5 |
Companies House, Cardiff | 77 | 51 |
Erskine House, Belfast | 12 | 8 |
Feethams House, Darlington | 43 | 43 |
Foss House, York | 1 | 1 |
Mann Island, Liverpool | 2 | 2 |
Queen Elizabeth House, Edinburgh | 45 | 86 |
Rivergate House, Bristol | 16 | 30 |
St Pauls Place, Sheffield | 2 | 1 |
Trinity Bridge House, Salford | 207 | 233 |
Ty William Morgan House, Cardiff | 4 | 5 |
Victoria Square House, Birmingham | 82 | 78 |
Wellington Place, Leeds | 4 | 3 |
Asked by: Ashley Fox (Conservative - Bridgwater)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, 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 Feryal Clark - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The Department is a customer of the Government Property Agency (GPA) at all its office locations. The office where the Department’s ministers are located is a GPA building, where GPA is the landlord and building manager and the Department is a tenant. GPA is responsible for the fit out, furnishing and refurbishment of all office spaces, which includes ministerial offices.
Asked by: Ashley Fox (Conservative - Bridgwater)
Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, 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 Feryal Clark - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
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