Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many officials in her Department are working on free trade negotiations.
As of 31/05/23 the Department for Business and Trade (ex-DIT only) had 522 members of staff working on free trade negotiations.
Due to the ongoing Machine of Government changes, this figure does not include staff from ex-BEIS who will transfer over to the Department of Business and Trade, to join the Trade Negotiations group.