Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse has been of his Department hiring additional staff to cover issues related to the UK leaving the EU.

By its nature, EU exit work is complex and cross-cutting, involving multiple directorates and teams within in the Department. Given the interactions between EU exit work and the Department’s other priorities, it would not be possible to give an accurate figure on how many new staff in the Home Office have responsibilities relating to exiting the EU.

Therefore, it would be at disproportionate effort to provide the cost for the recruitment of new members of staff relating to EU exit.