Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many full-time equivalent employees his Department employs in BDUK; and how many such employees were previously employed by BT.

As at the 1 November 2014, there were 93.4 full-time equivalent staff in BDUK. This includes temporary staff and consultants as well as civil service employees. As far as the Department is aware, six members of staff have been previously employed by BT.