Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the location is of each office from which his Department operates; and which of those offices are planned for closure.

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy operates from offices in Nottingham, Cambridge, Gateshead, Billingham, Manchester, Warrington, London, Aberdeen, Guildford, Bristol, Cardiff, Birmingham, Sheffield, Watford and Leeds.

Following the Machinery of Government changes, BEIS is currently considering how best to align the reform agendas of its two predecessor Departments. This will include considering what the right footprint for the Department should be, in order to best deliver its objectives.