Question follow-through · 57591
Scotland Office: Civil Servants
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many permanent civil servants in his Department are staff without assigned posts; and how many are placed in an equivalent (a) people action team, (b) priority movers list, (c) redeployment register, (d) tal
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- Answering body
- Scotland Office
- Tabled
- 4 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jun 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how many permanent civil servants in his Department are staff without assigned posts; and how many are placed in an equivalent (a) people action team, (b) priority movers list, (c) redeployment register, (d) tal
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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10 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Scotland Office has no permanent civil servants without assigned posts and no staff are placed in the referenced categories.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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