Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of senior civil service graded posts in her Department classified as (i) deputy director, (ii) assistant director, (iii) team leader and (iv) policy manager have been based outside London in each year since 2014.
The number and proportion of Deputy Director SCS posts based outside London as at 30 September for each year since 2014 is shown below:
| 2014 | % of Total | 2015 | % of Total | 2016 | % of Total |
SCS Pay Band 1 (Deputy Director) | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
Note: % shown is of total SCS based outside London, rounded to the nearest whole number
We do not use the descriptor Assistant Director in Defra; Team Leader and Policy Manager posts are below SCS level.