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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many staff (a) are employed directly by, (b) are seconded to and (c) work under contract to his Department.

The number of staff employed by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy are as follows:

Employed directly: 3538

Seconded in: 53

Under contract: 80*

*excludes agency staff etc supplied via an agency.