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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many staff of his Department are working wholly or predominantly on preparing for the UK to leave the EU.

We currently have 90 staff working in central teams within the Department who will be wholly or predominantly preparing for the UK to leave the EU. There will be other staff across the Department whose work will involve preparation or activity for the UK to leave the EU. We continue, as a priority, to review and plan the resources which will be required to ensure the Department is able to effectively manage its responsibilities and priorities for EU Exit and anticipate this resource will increase as the date of exit approaches. The level of resource deployed on EU exit will reflect the circumstances and final arrangements for the UK's exit from the EU.