Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Table 2.2 on page 131 of the Levelling Up White Paper, what proportion of the 380 Department for Health and Social care roles moving outside London by 2025 will be moved to Newcastle.
The Department is committed to playing its full part in the levelling-up agenda. This includes through shifting 380 roles outside London as part of ‘Places for Growth’, as summarised in the recent ‘Levelling Up the United Kingdom White Paper’. Specific and quantified plans for the location of roles across our estate are not yet finalised.