Asked by: Paul Holmes (Conservative - Hamble Valley)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 December 2024 to Question 18565 on Recruitment: Location, how many and what proportion of civil servants in her Department are on location-neutral employment terms.
Answered by Alex Norris - Minister of State (Home Office)
None. Almost all members of staff are on a contract which specifies a particular office in which they are based. I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 13 January 2025 to question 21618 which provided the number of staff assigned to work in each of our offices as at 31 December 2024. As at 31 December 2024, 31 members of staff were contractually based at their home; equivalent to less than 1% of the total number of staff in the department.
Asked by: Mike Wood (Conservative - Kingswinford and South Staffordshire)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Places for Growth Formative Evaluation Report, published on 30 October 2024, what steps his Department is taking to reach the targets of (a) 50% UK based Senior Civil Service outside of London and (b) reduced workforce in London to 75,000 by 2030.
Answered by Georgia Gould - Minister of State (Education)
The Formative Evaluation report, commissioned by the previous Government, identified challenges they faced in delivering the SCS target and ambition to reduce the London workforce to 75 000 by 2030. We will tackle these challenges through a focus on a strong regional offer and UK-wide government presence. Our plans will be announced in due course, aligned with the upcoming Spending Review.
Asked by: Ashley Fox (Conservative - Bridgwater)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2024 to Question 9603 on Attorney General: Buildings, how many individual desks were occupied in her Department’s HQ office in the most recent four weeks for which figures are available; and how many staff assigned to that HQ workplace attended the office in person on average in the same period.
Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) is based in one location in London, at 102 Petty France. For the period 28 October to 22 November 2024, an average of 27 desks were occupied. For the same period, 57 civil servants were assigned to work at the AGO and on average 27 members of staff attended the office in person at any one time (this figure does not take account of annual leave, sickness, attending training or other government buildings).
Asked by: Ashley Fox (Conservative - Bridgwater)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many civil servants are assigned to work in each of her Department's offices; and how many desks are available in each office.
Answered by Janet Daby
The table below uses September’s HR workforce data, and includes all staff.
Site Name | Location | Capacity (desk only) | September HR Staff Data |
3 Glass Wharf (Bristol) | Bristol | 122 | 351 |
Eastbrook House (Cambridge) | Cambridge | 40 | 49 |
Cheylesmore House (Coventry) | Coventry | 694 | 1089 |
Trafalgar House (Croydon) | Croydon | 40 | 53 |
Bishopsgate House (Darlington) | Darlington | 323 | 674 |
7/8 Wellington Place (Leeds) | Leeds | 48 | 130 |
Sanctuary Buildings (London) | London - Sanctuary Buildings | 940 | 2080 |
Piccadilly Gate (Manchester) | Manchester | 480 | 1136 |
Newcastle Civic Centre (Newcastle) | Newcastle | 51 | 142 |
Unity Square (Nottingham) | Nottingham | 120 | 365 |
St Paul's Place (Sheffield) | Sheffield | 767 | 1447 |
Clarendon Road (Watford) | Watford | 24 | 44 |
Total | 14 | 3649 | 7560 |
Asked by: Rupert Lowe (Independent - Great Yarmouth)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many staff in their Department work outside of the UK; where those staff work; and what the cost is of salaries for those staff.
Answered by Daniel Zeichner
Information on civil servants employed by Defra working overseas and the median salary for overseas posts are available at the following link: https://civil-service-statistics.jdac.service.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/data_browser_2024/index.html
Information on the precise location of staff working overseas is not published.
Asked by: Ashley Fox (Conservative - Bridgwater)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many civil servants are assigned to work in each of his Department's offices; and how many desks are available in each office.
Answered by Karin Smyth - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The following table shows the number civil servants assigned to work in each of the Department's offices, as well as how many desks are available in each office:
Location | Staff assigned to office | Desks available to the Department in each office |
London | 2,302 | 858 |
Leeds | 840 | 500 |
Bristol | 44 | 34 |
Birmingham | 38 | 24 |
Liverpool | 37 | 23 |
Cambridge | 33 | 68 |
Burnley | 25 | 32 |
Nottingham | 21 | 24 |
Manchester | 18 | 10 |
Newcastle | 14 | 19 |
Reading | 5 | 8 |
Edinburgh | 4 | 4 |
Asked by: Ashley Fox (Conservative - Bridgwater)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2024 to Question 9607 on DBT: Buildings, how many civil servants are assigned to work in his Department's headquarters in London; and how many individual desks are available in that office.
Answered by Justin Madders
I refer the (Rt.) Hon. Member to my response to question 9606, tabled on 16th October 2024.
Please see below a summary of the number of staff assigned by each location and the number of desks per location as of 30th September 2024:
DBT Hub | Headcount | Desk Numbers |
Belfast | 63 | 16 |
Birmingham | 403 | 216 |
Cardiff | 145 | 66 |
Darlington | 248 | 100 |
Edinburgh | 92 | 56 |
Greater Manchester | 171 | 65 |
London | 4010 | 1500 |
*Regional Offices | 194 | 141 |
Total | 5326 | 2160 |
*We have several offices across the country that are listed under Regional Offices, it would exceed the word count if these were to be listed in totality.
Asked by: Ashley Fox (Conservative - Bridgwater)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2024 to Question 9603 on Attorney General: Buildings, how many civil servants are assigned to work in her Department's headquarters in London; and how many individual desks are available in the headquarters office.
Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The Attorney General’s Office is based in only one location in London, at 102 Petty France. I refer the Hon Member to the first line of my response to UIN 9602 tabled on Wednesday 6 November 2024. Please also refer to my response to UIN 9603 tabled on Friday 25 October 2024.
Asked by: Ashley Fox (Conservative - Bridgwater)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many civil servants are assigned to work in each of (a) HMRC’s and (b) the Valuation Office Agency offices; and how many desks are available in each office.
Answered by James Murray - Chief Secretary to the Treasury
The table below sets out HMRC’s headcount and workspaces by location for September 2024.
Table 1: HMRC Locations – Headcount and workspaces for September 2024
Location | Headcount | Workspaces |
100PS | 955 | 516 |
Belfast | 2,208 | 1,030 |
Birmingham | 3,372 | 1,610 |
Bradford | 1,193 | 804 |
Bristol | 1,262 | 820 |
Cardiff | 4,208 | 2,281 |
Croydon | 2,555 | 1,469 |
Dover | 196 | 155 |
East Kilbride | 1,911 | 1,269 |
Edinburgh | 1,940 | 1,426 |
Gartcosh | 283 | 238 |
Glasgow | 2,872 | 1,447 |
Ipswich | 451 | 268 |
Leeds | 3,782 | 1,817 |
Liverpool | 5,596 | 2,753 |
Manchester | 6,014 | 3,214 |
Newcastle | 8,056 | 5,565 |
Nottingham | 4,061 | 1,855 |
Portsmouth | 994 | 913 |
Preston | 1,419 | 804 |
Reading | 101 | 78 |
Stratford | 5,112 | 2,717 |
Swansea | 127 | 140 |
Telford | 1,059 | 565 |
Washington | 2,135 | 1,944 |
Worthing | 587 | 712 |
Total | 62,449 | 36,410 |
The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) is an executive agency of HMRC and has 35 offices nationally (England, Scotland and Wales). Table 2 shows VOA’s Headcount and workspaces for September 2024
Table 2 VOA Locations – Headcount and workspaces for September 2024
Location | Headcount | Workspaces |
Aberdeen | 4 | 5 |
Birmingham | 170 | 84 |
Bristol | 102 | 60 |
Cambridge | 38 | 30 |
Canary Wharf Hub | 325 | 212 |
Cardiff | 111 | 60 |
Carmarthen | 22 | 14 |
Colchester | 56 | 54 |
Croydon | 177 | 86 |
Durham | 409 | 360 |
Eastbourne | 42 | 42 |
Edinburgh | 20 | 8 |
Exeter | 44 | 30 |
Folkestone | 26 | 32 |
Glasgow | 18 | 15 |
Hull | 54 | 50 |
Inverness | 5 | 6 |
Lancaster | 14 | 16 |
Leeds | 273 | 162 |
Liverpool | 150 | 70 |
Manchester | 180 | 84 |
Newcastle | 233 | 104 |
Norwich | 41 | 52 |
Nottingham | 127 | 80 |
Oxford | 34 | 24 |
Plymouth | 437 | 322 |
Preston | 53 | 30 |
Sheffield | 53 | 30 |
Southampton | 58 | 60 |
St Austell | 17 | 24 |
Stoke-On-Trent | 67 | 52 |
Swansea | 71 | 24 |
Wembley | 113 | 67 |
Worthing Digital Centre | 2 | 3 |
Wrexham | 51 | 24 |
Total | 3,597 | 2,376 |
Our offices have different types of workspaces which allow people to match the task to the most suitable space. We therefore use workspaces rather than the number of desks.
Asked by: Ashley Fox (Conservative - Bridgwater)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many civil servants are assigned to work in each of her Department's offices; and how many desks are available in each office.
Answered by Diana Johnson - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The Home Office has 24,311 desks occupied by 38,775 staff across its core office estate.
The Home Office does not disclose the locations of each of its office buildings for security reasons, so cannot provide a breakdown of the number of desks at each location.