Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff of his Department at what grade were employed in the Cabinet Office youth policy team in July (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016.

The youth policy team transferred to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport under machinery of government changes during December 2016. At the time of the transfer, the team comprised:

Previously, the youth policy team formed part of the Government Innovation Group and, more recently, the Office for Civil Society and Innovation and it is not possible to accurately determine the exact number of officials who worked in the team at that time.