Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) full-time equivalent civil servants work in his Department and (b) civil servants work full-time on the Northern Powerhouse agenda.

Data for full-time equivalent Civil servants working in HM Treasury are published on .gov.uk and can be found using the link below.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hmt-workforce-management-information-december-2015

We are unable to supply information on employees who may work on the Northern Powerhouse agenda as our system does not give a breakdown of staff to that level. Therefore to supply this information would be at a disproportionate cost.