Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology:

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how many former staff from the Departments for (a) Business, Innovation and Skills and (b) Digital, Culture, Media and Sport were moved to her Department.

The Department of Science, Innovation and Technology is completing the transfer of around 935 staff from the former Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and around 800 staff from the former Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The staff data is live and so this number may move slightly ahead of the legal transfer date which will be in mid-June. This does not include staff from BDUK, who will be transferring sponsorship to DSIT, but not employer.