Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many citizens of non-UK EU countries work in (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies.

The Department encourages its staff to voluntarily disclose their national identity and regularly review their diversity and inclusion profile throughout the course of their employment. However, as this information is collected by the Department on a purely voluntary basis it would be potentially misleading to provide this information in the format requested.

The Department’s executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies similarly collect this information on a voluntarily basis and therefore cannot confirm exact numbers reliably.

The Department is bound by EU and UK requirements concerning right-to-work in the UK and, in addition, the Civil Service Nationality Rules.