Question follow-through · 71889

Department for Transport: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full time equivalent staff were working in her Department as of the end of July 2025.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
8 Sept 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full time equivalent staff were working in her Department as of the end of July 2025.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 8 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    3,404.74 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff were in the Ministerial Department’s total workforce at the end of July 2025.11,705.87 FTE staff were working in Executive Agencies.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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