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Scotland Office: Civil Servants

Asked by John CooperConservativeScotland OfficeTabled Answered 10 June 2025UIN 57591

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many permanent civil servants in his 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) tal

Answered by Ian Murray

The Scotland Office has no permanent civil servants without assigned posts and no staff are placed in the referenced categories.

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