Department for Transport: Staff

(asked on 19th November 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many civil servants employed by his 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.


Answered by
Chris Heaton-Harris Portrait
Chris Heaton-Harris
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
This question was answered on 24th November 2021

DFT and its Agencies have staff located across the country with a commitment to increase our presence outside of London

(a) 1 March 2021

Given the closeness of the 1 March reference date to that used for the published National Statistics, this is the data source used for this request. The full data set can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2021

and includes information on the regional distribution of civil servants as at 31 March.

Region

Headcount

East Midlands

650

East of England

400

London

3440

North East

360

North West

450

Northern Ireland

40

Scotland

460

South East

1490

South West

770

Wales

6900

West Midlands

460

Yorkshire and The Humber

550

(b) 1 June 2021

Region

Headcount

East Midlands

591

East of England

396

London

3490

North East

376

North West

461

Northern Ireland

40

Scotland

458

South East

1490

South West

780

Wales

6811

West Midlands

552

Yorkshire and The Humber

557

(c) 1 September 2021.

Region

Headcount

East Midlands

594

East of England

393

London

3494

North East

383

North West

464

Northern Ireland

41

Scotland

475

South East

1482

South West

774

Wales

6800

West Midlands

581

Yorkshire and The Humber

581

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