Question follow-through · 9616

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Civil Servants

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many civil servants are assigned to work in each of his Department's offices; and how many desks are available in each office.

answeredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Tabled
16 Oct 2024
Target answer date
21 Oct 2024
Answer
15 Nov 2024 · 30 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 16 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many civil servants are assigned to work in each of his Department's offices; and how many desks are available in each office.

  2. 21 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 15 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    Attached is the data for how many Civil Servants are assigned to work in each departments office as of August 2024. Below is the data for how many desks are available in policy hubs from October 2024. The reason we have only given this data, is that all o...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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