Question follow-through · 17709
Department for Transport: Agency Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many agency staff were employed by her Department in each of the last five years.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 10 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 15 Jul 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Transport
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- Roads: Lincolnshire · 28 Aug 2026
- Travel: South Holland and the Deepings · 28 Aug 2026
- Department for Transport: LGBT+ People · 1 Sept 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 · 24 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many agency staff were employed by her Department in each of the last five years.
14 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jul 2026
Answer published
The information requested is published here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dft-workforce-management-information.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Driving under Influence
14 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps she has taken to help prevent accidents resulting from drug driving.
Railways: Spalding
16 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of train delays affecting Spalding railway station in the last 12 months.
Roads: Lincolnshire
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of the condition of the strategic road network in Lincolnshire.
Travel: South Holland and the Deepings
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support active travel in South Holland and the Deepings constituency.
Department for Transport: LGBT+ People
1 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department spent on activities relating to Pride Month 2026.
Department for Transport: Waste
2 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department monitors the amount of food waste generated by its offices each month.
Department for Transport: Solar Power
4 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department (a) uses and (b) is taking steps to install rooftop solar panels on its premises.
Department for Transport: Remote Working
8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of civil servants in her Department were on permanent home working contracts in 2025.
Roads: South Holland and the Deepings
11 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that (1) the strategic road network and (2) local road network in South Holland and the Deepings constituency is free of potholes and safe for road users.
Department for Transport: Translation Services
14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department spent on interpreters and related translation services in 2025.