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Department for Business and Trade: Buildings

Asked by Sir Ashley FoxConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 15 November 2024UIN 13049

The question

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.

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