Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of senior civil servants in his Department who are graded as (i) deputy director, (ii) assistant director, (iii) team leader or (iv) policy manager were based outside London in each year since 2014.

The Civil Service has significant UK-wide presence. Across the Civil Service, plans are in place for the creation of multi-departmental government Hubs in strategic locations outside London, which will further consolidate our office estate, whilst helping to attract and retain staff by stronger collaboration between departments and enabling staff to grow careers locally.

In the Cabinet Office, in each year since 2014, there have been five or fewer Deputy Directors based outside London. Assistant Director, Team Leader and Policy Manager are not classed as grades in the Cabinet Office and information is not therefore available.