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Written Question
Department for Transport: Buildings
Wednesday 20th November 2024

Asked by: Ashley Fox (Conservative - Bridgwater)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2024 to Question 9280 on Department for Transport: Buildings, how many desks were occupied in her Department’s headquarter office in the most recent four weeks for which figures are available; and how many staff assigned to that workplace attended the office in person on average in the same period.

Answered by Mike Kane - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

For the 4-week period from 7 October 2024 to 1 November 2024 a total of 21,710 desks were occupied in our London office against a maximum available desk capacity of 25,220.

In that same 4-week period 3,201 different Department for Transport staff attended our London office. It is not possible to determine how many staff assigned to our London building attended.


Written Question
Department for Transport: Ministers' Private Offices
Wednesday 13th November 2024

Asked by: Ashley Fox (Conservative - Bridgwater)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 9281 on Department for Transport: Ministers' Private Offices, if she will publish the invoices for the work done.

Answered by Mike Kane - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The information is not held by the Department for Transport in the form requested as the costs were included in consolidated invoices covering a range of building charges.


Written Question
Department for Transport: Civil Servants
Wednesday 23rd October 2024

Asked by: Ashley Fox (Conservative - Bridgwater)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many civil servants are assigned to work in each of her Department's offices; and how many desks are available in each office.

Answered by Mike Kane - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The information requested is provided in the table below.

Location

Civil Servants

Desks

7&8 Wellington Place, Leeds

350

167

Baskerville House, Birmingham

281

316

Berkley House, Bristol

192

Not recorded

Contact Centre, Swansea

1054

1137

Eastgate Office Centre, Bristol

141

147

Ellipse, Swansea

400

212

Great Minster House, London

2,733

1,234

Morriston, Swansea

4,961

4,400

One Priory Square, Hastings

116

52

Quarry House, Leeds

110

70

Queen Elizabeth House, Edinburgh

9

6

Scottish Provident Building, Belfast

2

2

Spring Place, Southampton

429

443

The Colmore Building, Birmingham

301

151

The Ellipse, Swansea

116

48

The Lightbox and Tyneside House, Newcastle

256

Not recorded

Ty William Morgan, Cardiff

2

2

Tyneside House, Newcastle

15

14

Unity Square, Nottingham

277

180

VCA Midlands Centre, Nuneaton

93

98

West Offices, York

69

54


Written Question
Department for Transport: Buildings
Wednesday 23rd October 2024

Asked by: Ashley Fox (Conservative - Bridgwater)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of desks were occupied in each of her 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 Mike Kane - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Department for Transport is a federated organisation comprising a central department and 5 executive agencies. The information, where recorded, is contained in the attached document. Data is not recorded for Active Travel England, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and the Vehicle Certification Agency.


Written Question
Department for Transport: Ministers' Private Offices
Tuesday 22nd October 2024

Asked by: Ashley Fox (Conservative - Bridgwater)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on (a) new furniture and fittings and (b) other refurbishment of Ministerial offices in her Department since the dissolution of the last Parliament; and on what items this was spent.

Answered by Mike Kane - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Since 5 July 2024 the Department has spent £2,490 on furniture and £1,095 on redecoration of Ministerial offices.