Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many members of staff who ceased to be employed by his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies in the last three years have subsequently been re-employed by his Department on a temporary basis or as a third-party contractor or consultant.

A total of 54 members of staff, who have ceased to be employed by the Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies in the last three years, have returned either on a temporary basis or as a third party contractor or consultant.‎ This number includes those who were originally employed on a fixed term basis.