Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many civil servants previously assigned in (1) London, (2) Greater Manchester, and (3) regional offices outside Greater Manchester, have been required to work on a (a) permanent, and (b) temporary basis in No. 10 North in Manchester.

No10 North exists to get power out of Westminster, into the hands of people at a local level. The initial team includes people loaned from a range of government departments and secondees from local government.