Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Answer of 8 March 2022 to Question 131137 on Department for International Trade: Russia, how many of her Department's staff were based in the Russian Federation on (a) 31 March 2022, (b) 31 March 2023, and (c) 1 September 2023.
Please see below for departmental staff based in Russia at the times specified. Former BEIS had no staff based in Russia prior to the establishment of the Department for Business and Trade:
| 31/03/2022 | 31/03/2023 | 31/08/2023 |
UK Based (Civil Servant) | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Country Based Staff (Locally Employed) | 17 | 3 | 2 |
Total | 18 | 5 | 3 |