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Written question asked by Diana Johnson (Labour) on Tuesday, 26 February 2013, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 28 February 2013. It was answered by Lord Barker of Battle (Conservative) on Thursday, 28 February 2013 on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Staff

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many staff his Department employed in each of the past five years; how many such staff were employed in London; how many such staff were employed in other regions of England; how many posts moved from London to these regions; and what steps he is taking to move his staff to regional offices.

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Answer

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) was created in October 2008. Therefore there is no data prior to that date.

The data in the following table shows the number of civil servants, working in DECC at 31 March for each year and those based in London and those in our regional office in Scotland.

2009
 2010
 2011
 2012
London
 —
 950.32
 1,085.5
 1,195.71
Aberdeen
 —
 71.5
 76.56
 90.3
Total
 768.1
 1,021.82
 1,162.06
 1,286.01

DECC has no immediate plans to move any additional staff to regional offices but continues to keep the location of staff under review.

The data in the table above shows staff in full-time equivalent (fte). The total number of staff shown for 2009 is the average number of staff used throughout the period as shown in the department's annual report and resource account 2008-09 as a detailed location breakdown of staff in March 2009 is not held.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
145692; 559 c633W
Session
2012-13
Subjects
Location Staff Department of Energy and Climate Change
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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