Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 121806

Department for Business and Trade: Ministers' Private Offices

Tabled: 18 March 2026
Answered: 27 March 2026

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

LabourSlough

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the average staffing complement is for a ministerial private office within their Department; what grades those staff are appointed at; what the typical remuneration and contracted working hours ar

Answer

Kate Dearden
Ministerial private offices are small teams whose composition varies by Minister and portfolio. Private secretaries are paid in line with Civil Service pay frameworks, with contractual hours set out in individual contracts. The Department does not hold da...

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