Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether her Department holds data on the (a) percentage and (b) total number of staff in the Department who have (i) a STEM degree or (ii) a STEM related employment history.

Employees of Department for Science, Innovation and Technology employees remain employed by their previous departments until the new department is established by a Transfer of Functions order.

The information requested is not held centrally by BEIS or DCMS and can only be provided at disproportionate cost.