Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the dates of all the consultation meeting officials of his Department (a) held and (b) planned with trades union health and safety representatives on the Modernisation of Office Environment project.

Officials in the Department have maintained an open dialogue with representatives of departmental trades unions on matters relating to the Modernising our Working Environment (MoWE) programme. Officials have invited representatives from departmental trades unions to join a number of informal steering groups relating to the programme. At the request of the trades unions my officials have kept them informed of progress through written communication on 6 October 2017 and 12 January 2018. On 30 April 2018 and 6 July 2018 representatives from departmental trades unions were invited to carry out a pre-inspection of Windsor House prior to the move of DfT staff into the building. My officials will provide a further update to the trades unions at key stages in the programme and will be invited to comment.