Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employees in his Department work on matters related to covid-19.

HMT takes a flexible and dynamic approach to resourcing in order to meet Government priorities. Many staff working on matters related to COVID-19 do so alongside its other policy priorities. We do not routinely record the number of full time equivalent civil servants who work on individual policy initiatives.

As at end March 2022, HM Treasury had 2,045 paid full time equivalent staff https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1092103/HMT_Annual_Report_and_Accounts_2021-22.pdf