Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many civil servants employed at the Department for Exiting the European Union at its winding up on 31 January have now been deployed to permanent positions in other Government departments.
The Department for Exiting the European Union did not directly employ any of its staff, other than the Permanent Secretary.
Everyone who worked for The Department for Exiting the European Union was transferred to the Cabinet Office on January 31st on level transfer under principles set out in the Cabinet Office Statement of Practice on Staff Transfers in the Public Sector (COSoP). Staff remain on their existing terms and conditions. Therefore no one has been offered, accepted, or rejected redundancy as a result of the closure. Fewer than five contractors were terminated early as a result of the winding up of the department.
Details of all staff transfers to other government departments have not yet been finalised.
Arrangements for any severance payment will be made in line with the Ministerial and Other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991.