Department for Exiting the European Union: Recruitment
(asked on 25th October 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether his Department plans to employ staff (a) directly or (b) on secondment with experience in defence policy to inform its negotiations on the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
This question was answered on 31st October 2016
The Department for Exiting the European Union now has over 250 staff. We are not in a position to give a final total for particular groups of staff as recruitment is ongoing and we will not be giving a running commentary. Our aim is to have a streamlined Department, while hiring in the right skills and experience to get the best outcome for the UK.