Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many senior civil servants employed by his Department were based in each of the 12 NUTS1 regions of the UK on (a) 1 March 2019, (b) 1 March 2020, (c) 1 March 2021 and (d) 1 September 2021.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
DFT and its Agencies have staff located across the country with a commitment to increasing our senior civil service presence outside of London.
(a) 1 March 2019
Region | Headcount |
London | 160 |
North East | 1 |
South East | 7 |
South West | 7 |
Wales | 7 |
West Midlands | 1 |
(b) 1 March 2020
Region | Headcount |
London | 166 |
North East | 1 |
South East | 8 |
South West | 8 |
Wales | 7 |
(c) 1 March 2021
Region | Headcount |
London | 200 |
North East | 1 |
South East | 11 |
South West | 8 |
Wales | 7 |
West Midlands | 3 |
Yorkshire and The Humber | 1 |
(d) 1 September 2021
Region | Headcount |
London | 211 |
North East | 1 |
South East | 11 |
South West | 8 |
Wales | 7 |
West Midlands | 3 |
Yorkshire and The Humber | 1 |
Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many civil servants employed by his Department were based in each of the 12 NUTS1 UK regions on (a) 1 March 2021, (b) 1 June 2021 and (c) 1 September 2021.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
DFT and its Agencies have staff located across the country with a commitment to increase our presence outside of London
(a) 1 March 2021
Given the closeness of the 1 March reference date to that used for the published National Statistics, this is the data source used for this request. The full data set can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2021
and includes information on the regional distribution of civil servants as at 31 March.
Region | Headcount |
East Midlands | 650 |
East of England | 400 |
London | 3440 |
North East | 360 |
North West | 450 |
Northern Ireland | 40 |
Scotland | 460 |
South East | 1490 |
South West | 770 |
Wales | 6900 |
West Midlands | 460 |
Yorkshire and The Humber | 550 |
(b) 1 June 2021
Region | Headcount |
East Midlands | 591 |
East of England | 396 |
London | 3490 |
North East | 376 |
North West | 461 |
Northern Ireland | 40 |
Scotland | 458 |
South East | 1490 |
South West | 780 |
Wales | 6811 |
West Midlands | 552 |
Yorkshire and The Humber | 557 |
(c) 1 September 2021.
Region | Headcount |
East Midlands | 594 |
East of England | 393 |
London | 3494 |
North East | 383 |
North West | 464 |
Northern Ireland | 41 |
Scotland | 475 |
South East | 1482 |
South West | 774 |
Wales | 6800 |
West Midlands | 581 |
Yorkshire and The Humber | 581 |