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Written Question
Business: Coronavirus
Thursday 12th November 2020

Asked by: John Stevenson (Conservative - Carlisle)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when the Government plans to issue business guidance on the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown to (a) tradesmen, (b) floor-fitters and (c) similar businesses.

Answered by Paul Scully

Our Other People’s Homes safer working guidance was updated on 4 November incorporating the new national restrictions for England.

This guidance can be found at www.gov.uk/guidance/working-safely-during-coronavirus-covid-19/homes.


Written Question
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Personnel Management
Thursday 10th September 2020

Asked by: John Stevenson (Conservative - Carlisle)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in his Department's human resources section in April 2020.

Answered by Nadhim Zahawi

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy had 93.5 full-time equivalent staff employed in the Human Resources directorate in April 2020. This figure includes ‘inactive’ staff, such as those on maternity or on loan or secondment, and excludes contingent staff and those on the Fast Stream.

The Department’s Human Resources directorate includes a Health and Safety team, as well as other teams not usually included within the Cabinet Office’s definition of Human Resources.