Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) staff, and (2) consultants, at the Department for Exiting the European Union are paid salaries in excess of £140,000; and to what posts those salaries apply.
The Department for Exiting the European Union can confirm that 1 member of staff is paid more than £140,000. A central list of all individuals within Government earning a total pay package of £150,000 and above is published on data.gov.uk website, this includes details of roles undertaken. Details of DExEU Board members pay is available in the Remuneration Report in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts, which is made publicly available at this link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/annual-report-and-accounts-2016-17.
The Department does not have access to the salaries consultants are paid by their respective companies.