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Cabinet Office: Glasgow

Asked by Alex BurghartConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 14 July 2026UIN 16044

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office Second Headquarters 2030 Strategy, published in June 2026, how many desks are currently assigned for the 700 staff in the Glasgow office.

Answered by Anna Turley

It has been the practice of this and successive governments not to comment, on grounds of both national security and staff safety, on the physical capacity or staffing numbers for individual buildings of the government estate.

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