Question follow-through · 57743

Office for Investment: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many full time equivalent permanent staff were assigned to work in the Office for Investment in June (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.

answeredDepartment for Business and Trade

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Department for Business and Trade
Tabled
5 Jun 2025
Target answer date
9 Jun 2025
Answer
27 Jun 2025 · 22 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 5 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many full time equivalent permanent staff were assigned to work in the Office for Investment in June (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.

  2. 9 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 27 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    The number of staff (FTE) in the Office for Investment (OfI) was approximately 30. The target operating model for the expanded OfI, which launched on the 5th of June 2025, includes approximately 230 FTE (including overseas OfI representatives). This will ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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