Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 57585

Department for Business and Trade: Civil Servants

Tabled: 4 June 2025
Answered: 13 June 2025

Question

John Cooper

ConservativeDumfries and Galloway

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many permanent civil servants in his Department are staff without assigned posts; and how many are placed in an equivalent (a) people action team, (b) priority movers list, (c) redeployment registe

Answer

Justin Madders
At any point in time, there is likely to be a number of individuals who have been displaced due to restructures within business units or have returned from a loan from another department and their role no longer exists. The exact number changes on a day t...

This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 57585) →