Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the White Paper, The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union, published in July 2018, Cm 9593, how many staff members in the Europe Unit worked on that white paper.

The White Paper builds on the Prime Minister’s Mansion House speech and followed months of discussions across Whitehall. Preparation for the White Paper was coordinated, and led by the Department for Exiting the European Union.

Work to support the White Paper required a cross-government effort and included close collaboration with the Cabinet Office Europe Unit, involving a number of staff at all levels.