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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Corrected Answer of 16 January 2017 to Question 43632, what decision his Department has made on the future role of his Department's Sheffield office at St Paul's Place.

The decision to close the BIS Sheffield office was confirmed by the former BIS Board in May 2016 and plans have been implemented to a large extent. BEIS remains committed to honouring the full package of support offered to the small remaining number of affected staff.

BEIS has held constructive dialogue with the trade unions regarding the remaining staff and continues to work closely with OGDs to explore opportunities for redeployment.