Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many senior civil servants employed by his Department were based in each of the 12 NUTS1 regions of the UK on (a) 1 March 2019, (b) 1 March 2020, (c) 1 March 2021 and (d) 1 September 2021.
The Number of Civil Servants employed by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) on the 31 March 2019, 31 March 2020, 01 March 2021, 01 June 2021 & 01 September 2021 by NUTS1 UK regions are presented below:
Region | 31/03/2019 | 31/03/2020 | 01/03/2021 | 01/06/2021 | 01/09/2021 |
East Midlands | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
East of England | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
London | 3740 | 4030 | 4834 | 5030 | 5122 |
North East England | 10 | 20 | 30 | 31 | 35 |
North West England | 20 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 84 |
Northern Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Other | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Scotland | 90 | 90 | 96 | 100 | 105 |
South East England | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
South West England | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 17 |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wales | 50 | 70 | 76 | 76 | 79 |
West Midlands | 110 | 140 | 155 | 166 | 181 |
Total | 4080 | 4420 | 5254 | 5486 | 5651 |