Question follow-through · 9067
Department for Education: Civil Servants
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many civil servants are assigned to work in each of her Department's offices; and how many desks are available in each office.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 14 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 16 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 20 Nov 2024 · 37 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many civil servants are assigned to work in each of her Department's offices; and how many desks are available in each office.
16 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Nov 2024
Answer published
The table below uses September’s HR workforce data, and includes all staff. Site NameLocationCapacity (desk only)September HR Staff Data3 Glass Wharf (Bristol)Bristol122351Eastbrook House (Cambridge)Cambridge4049Cheylesmore House (Coventry)Coventry6941089...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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