Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the response of 5 March 2019 to freedom of information request number FOI2019/02691, how many additional Defra group staff have been placed in EU exit roles since 31 December 2018.
Defra have placed an additional c.700 staff into EU Exit work between 31 December 2018 and 31 March 2019.
The figures for the end of April have not yet been published.