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Department for Transport: Buildings

Asked by Sir Ashley FoxConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 20 November 2024UIN 13966

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2024 to Question 9280 on Department for Transport: Buildings, how many desks were occupied in her Department’s headquarter office in the most recent four weeks for which figures are available; and how many staff assigned to that workplace attended the office in person on average in the same period.

Answered by Mike Kane

For the 4-week period from 7 October 2024 to 1 November 2024 a total of 21,710 desks were occupied in our London office against a maximum available desk capacity of 25,220.

In that same 4-week period 3,201 different Department for Transport staff attended our London office. It is not possible to determine how many staff assigned to our London building attended.

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