Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many jobs his Department has moved from his Department's premises in central London to Treasury North in Darlington as of 3 November 2021.

There will be at least 750 roles based at the Darlington economic campus, with the Treasury expecting to provide up to 300 of these. The Treasury’s workforce in Darlington will be made up of existing staff who voluntarily relocate from London in their existing roles and people who are recruited directly to the campus. The campus is now operational and we are continuing to work at pace to develop it as quickly as possible. The expression of interest process remains open for existing Treasury staff who wish to move, and relocations are taking place on a gradual basis. Almost all Treasury roles are advertised as available in Darlington, and we have recently run a series of recruitment campaigns exclusively for Darlington based Treasury roles. We will publish details of relocations and recruitment in HMT’s 21/22 annual report and accounts.