Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many officials in her Department have been seconded away from their normal duties to work on the UK's withdrawal from the EU; and what effect that secondment of staff has had on the effectiveness of her Department.
Answered by John Penrose
EU exit affects a number of work areas across the Department and will therefore encompass a proportion of workload for many staff, the amount of which will vary over time. The Department has restructured its approach to the way it handles EU exit work, moving from a central EU exit co-ordinating team of 7 to a position in which core EU Exit work is distributed more widely across the whole department. The number of staff working on leaving the EU will be kept under review to ensure we have the appropriate resources available.
Asked by: David Lammy (Labour - Tottenham)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the Civil Service workforce in his Department dedicated to planning for (a) the UK leaving the EU and (b) projects relating to the UK leaving the EU.
Answered by Chloe Smith
EU Exit affects a number of work areas across the Department and will therefore encompass a proportion of workload for many staff, the amount of which will vary over time. The Department has recently restructured its approach to the way it handles EU Exit work, moving from a central EU Exit co-ordinating team of 7 to a position in which core EU Exit work is distributed more widely across the whole department.