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National Highways: Staff

Asked by Sir Ashley FoxConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 2 July 2026UIN 14054

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2026 to Question 5451 on National Highways: Expenditure, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed within National Highways' external affairs function on (a) 4 July 2024 and (b) the latest date for which figures are available.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

On 4 July 2024 the National Highways external affairs team had 10.9 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff in post. The team was at that time carrying a number of vacancies out of its total headcount of 19 FTE.

The National Highways external affairs team currently consists of 17 FTE staff and is carrying no vacancies.

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