Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff in his Department have responsibilities relating to the UK leaving the EU.

EU Exit is an all-of-government operation. The Department for Exiting the European Union is doing detailed work with departments to prepare for the upcoming negotiations by understanding the risks and opportunities of leaving the EU and to coordinate planning.

Members of staff across the Department for Work and Pensions are working closely with the Department for Exiting the European Union to consider the implications of EU Exit on DWP policy objectives, and to provide advice and analysis to Ministers on EU Exit and exit-related issues.

Given the interactions between EU Exit work and the Department’s other priorities, it would not be possible to give an accurate figure.