Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, how many officials of his Department are working full-time on preparations for the UK leaving the EU; and what proportion of his Department's staff that number represents.

The Government Legal Department (GLD) has 35 officials in its Division advising the Department for Exiting the European Union. These officials are working on preparations for the UK to leave the EU and on legal issues arising from the existing EU relationship. GLD officials are also advising other Departments on preparations for the UK leaving the EU. It is not possible to give a precise figure for the number of officials working on this full-time across GLD as the number will fluctuate from time to time.

GLD has 1980 members of staff (excluding those on career breaks and inward loans to GLD) and the Department for Exiting the European Union Legal Advisers Division represents 1.77% of that total.