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Department for Work and Pensions: Civil Servants

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 22 May 2025UIN 52333

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many permanent civil servants in her Department are staff without assigned posts; and how many are placed in an equivalent (a) people action team, (b) priority movers list, (c) redeployment register, (d) talent pool and (e) skills match hub in the most recent period for which data is available.

Answered by Andrew Western

There are 11 permanent civil servants in The Department for Work and Pensions without assigned posts as of 15/05/2025.

These are all held on a priority movers list to enable matching against suitable roles and are also on the redeployment register which is shared with Other Government Departments to seek redeployment.

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