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.
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.