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.
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.
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 |
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.
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.