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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many officials of his Department are working full-time on preparations for the UK leaving the EU; and what proportion of his Department's staff that number represents.

The Department’s Europe Directorate employs a dedicated team of full-time officials (currently 101 full-time equivalents) who work on European policy issues and negotiations. This involves work on existing legislative and non-legislative measures as well as the arrangements for exit and our future relationship with the EU.

Officials in other teams in the Department also carry out EU exit-related work as part of their broader responsibilities.