Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many senior civil servants employed by her 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 figures below show substantive paid SCS as at the labelled dates by region shown in SiP (staff in Post)
SCS SiP
Region | 31st March 2019 | 31st March 2020 | 31st March 2021 | 30th September 2021 |
North East | 20 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
North West | 30 | 30 | 40 | 30 |
Yorkshire and Humber | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 |
East Midlands | .. | .. | .. | .. |
West Midlands | .. | .. | .. | .. |
East of England | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
London | 100 | 110 | 120 | 120 |
South East | .. | .. | .. | .. |
South West | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Wales | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scotland | 10 | 10 | .. | 10 |
Northern Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Not Reported | .. | .. | 10 | 10 |
All Employees | 210 | 210 | 240 | 250 |
1. Numbers are rounded to the nearest ten, and cells containing between one and five employees are represented by '..'.
2. Figures relate to paid employees only and are shown in staff in post (SiP)
3. Numbers may not sum due to rounding to the nearest 10