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Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade: Buildings

Asked by Charlie DewhirstConservativeDepartment for Business, Innovation, Science and TradeTabled Answered 7 September 2026UIN 23892

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, what the percentage of desks provided for staff is as a proportion of the total number of assigned staff in his Department's London headquarters.

Answered by Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade

It has been the practice of 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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