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Department for Transport: Civil Servants

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 5 January 2026UIN 99696

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are (a) on temporary contract and (b) consultants.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

As of 30 November, 265 staff at the Department for Transport were on a temporary contract - representing 7.2% of the total workforce. We do not collate data on the number of individuals working within the Department at any moment in time as part of consultancy contracts.

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