Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to ensure adequate civil service support for new government departments.

The Cabinet Office is responsible for the majority of cross-cutting government services that make corporate changes easier, including supporting new departments to build their capability. For the two most recently established departments (the Department for Exiting the European Union and the Department for International Trade) we provided practical guidance, and for the Department for Exiting the European Union in particular, interim Estates, IT, HR, finance, security and telephony services.