To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of staff of his Department were based in each region of the UK in each of the last 10 years.
Answered on
20 July 2015
The number and proportion of Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) staff based in each region of the UK (as shown on the BIS staff database) as at 31 March 2015 was as follows:
Location | Headcount | Percentage |
Birmingham | 37 | 1.5% |
Bristol | 12 | 0.5% |
Cambridge | 8 | 0.3% |
Cardiff | 46 | 1.8% |
London | 2065 | 81.2% |
National | 133 | 5.2% |
Sheffield | 241 | 9.5% |
Grand Total | 2542 | 100.0% |
Due to a change in the database used to capture staff information it is not possible to provide data for previous years within the timescale.
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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
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