Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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.
DFT and its Agencies have staff located across the country with a commitment to increasing our senior civil service presence outside of London.
(a) 1 March 2019
Region | Headcount |
London | 160 |
North East | 1 |
South East | 7 |
South West | 7 |
Wales | 7 |
West Midlands | 1 |
(b) 1 March 2020
Region | Headcount |
London | 166 |
North East | 1 |
South East | 8 |
South West | 8 |
Wales | 7 |
(c) 1 March 2021
Region | Headcount |
London | 200 |
North East | 1 |
South East | 11 |
South West | 8 |
Wales | 7 |
West Midlands | 3 |
Yorkshire and The Humber | 1 |
(d) 1 September 2021
Region | Headcount |
London | 211 |
North East | 1 |
South East | 11 |
South West | 8 |
Wales | 7 |
West Midlands | 3 |
Yorkshire and The Humber | 1 |