Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Staff
(asked on 19th November 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many civil servants employed by her Department were based in each of the 12 NUTS1 UK regions on (a) 1 March 2021, (b) 1 June 2021 and (c) 1 September 2021.
The number of Civil Servants employed by DCMS in each of the 12 NUTS1 UK regions has been listed in the table below.
NUTS1 Region | 1 March 2021 | 1 June 2021 | 1 Sept 2021 |
Wales | 0 | 3 | 9 |
Scotland | 7 | 9 | 18 |
Northern Ireland | 2 | 2 | 3 |
North East England | 5 | 9 | 14 |
North West England | 45 | 68 | 88 |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 3 | 3 | 7 |
East Midlands | 0 | 3 | 7 |
West Midlands | 0 | 6 | 7 |
East of England | 0 | 0 | 0 |
London | 1713 | 1708 | 1755 |
South East England | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South West England | 3 | 6 | 12 |
We plan to further increase our presence across some of these regions by 2025;
North West; up to 385 roles by 2025 to support our sectors.
North East; up to 191 roles by 2025 to support the Economic Campus.
Northern Ireland; up to 10 roles by 2025 to support all nations of the Union - we plan to maintain an equal presence in Wales and Scotland also.
We also plan to develop a smaller presence in the East Midlands to support the creation of SportPark and our Sport ALBs.
We plan to maintain a London presence, aiming to have no more than 50% of the workforce located in London and the South East by 2030, concentrated on operational and location specific business critical delivery.