Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, pursuant to Answer of 8 March 2019 to Question 227160, how many staff have been employed by his Department in each month since 31 January 2019.

The Department for International Trade (DIT) workforce includes employees (including those working overseas and UK Export Finance), contractors and those on loan from other government departments or seconded from organisations external to the Civil Service.

Pursuant to the answer provided on 8 March 2019 to question 227160, the total workforce employed by DIT in each month since 31 January 2019 is set out in the table below.

Data for March 2019 will be available after 5 April 2019.