Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many full-time equivalent staff are employed in his Department's housing directorate; and how many staff of his Department outside of that directorate work on (a) housing and (b) planning related to housing.

As of 30 June the headcount in MHCLGs Housing group (Housing Supply, Land & Housing Delivery, Social Housing and Homelessness, Leasehold and Private Renting) was 287 representing a full time equivalent (FTE) of 282.9. Separate to this the Department’s Planning directorate has a headcount at 30 June of 165 representing a full time equivalent of 159.9.