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Department for Transport: Civil Servants

Asked by John CooperConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 13 June 2025UIN 57587

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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 Mike Kane

There are no permanent civil servants within DfTc and the Agencies without assigned posts.

The Department for Transport (DfTc and the Agencies) has a priority movers list/redeployment register. Within a payroll workforce of over 16000*, the number of people currently on the register for DfTc and the Agencies as of 6th June 2025 is 61.

*Payroll staff total headcount DfT: workforce management information, April 2025 - GOV.UK

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