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1562925

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the cost to the public purse has been of civil servants working on the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.
tabling member constituency	Dundee East
tabling member printed	Stewart Hosie
uin	113184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2023 answer text <p>The Civil Servants working on the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill were drawn from existing resources within the government in the Brexit Opportunities Unit. The cost to the public purse was therefore absorbed within existing departmental resource limits.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/01/2023 12:00:46 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1514 label Biography information for Stewart Hosie

1541450

registered interest
date	11/11/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the civil service headcount for their Department was on (a) 15 November 2022 and (b) 1 February 2020.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	84834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>The Civil Service headcount for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on 1 February 2020 and 31 October 2022* was:</p><p> </p><p>31 October 2022: 5876</p><p>1 February 2020: 4577</p><p> </p><p><em>*Date changed to 31 October 2022 as per our latest monthly Official Statistics publication.</em></p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 21/11/2022 17:17:04 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1506577

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many full-time equivalents are employed by his Department at each civil service grade; and for each grade what proportion are (a) women, (b) BAME, (c) disabled and (d) based outside London.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	51672
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>The number of full-time equivalents that are employed by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) at each civil service grade and for each grade what proportion are (a) women (b) BAME (c) disabled and (d) based outside London are presented below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>BAME</p></td><td><p>Disabled</p></td><td><p>Outside London</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AO</p></td><td><p>78.8</p></td><td><p>53%</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>424.3</p></td><td><p>62%</p></td><td><p>37%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO</p></td><td><p>1080.3</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>31%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>22%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEO</p></td><td><p>1270.0</p></td><td><p>51%</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G7</p></td><td><p>1911.5</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G6</p></td><td><p>693.2</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS</p></td><td><p>323.0</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>8%</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 23/09/2022 14:59:36 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1077695

registered interest
date	26/02/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether any civil servants of his Department have been redeployed from work on national minimum wage enforcement to work on preparations for the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	226134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are responsible for enforcing the National Minimum Wage Regulations on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).</p><p> </p><p>We have almost doubled the enforcement budget for the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage to a record high of £26.3 million for 2018/19, up from £13.2 million in 2015/16. There are over 420 HMRC staff involved in the enforcement of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998.</p><p> </p><p>BEIS has robust plans in place to manage delivery of EU exit. No BEIS officials have been redeployed from work on National Minimum Wage enforcement to work on preparations for the UK leaving the EU.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 226135 question first answered 11/03/2019 17:40:21 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst previous answer version 105650 answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1046919

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the corrected Answer of 22 January 2019 to Question 206251, how many civil servants in his Department were working part or full-time on projects in the Government Major Projects Portfolio in (a) June 2016 and (b) December 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	211644
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The GMPP is a continually evolving portfolio of the Government’s most complex and high risk projects. Direct comparisons of the GMPP across years should therefore be treated with caution. Projects join and leave the GMPP throughout the year and it is therefore likely that a simple comparison across two time points will refer to different sets of projects.</p><p>At the end of June 2016 (i.e. the end of the Quarter 1 reporting period for 2016-17), 199 officials in BEIS were working on GMPP projects.</p><p>GMPP data for December 2018 (Q3 2018/19) has not yet been cleared and finalised.</p><p>This data refers to public sector employees, defined as those who are directly in the employment of the Civil or Crown Service, local government or Arms’ Length Body at the relevant snapshot date, including seconded members of staff who join the team as Civil, Crown or Public servants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Richard Harrington question first answered 31/01/2019 16:07:04 answering member 4068 label Biography information for Lord Harrington of Watford
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

708646

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of Civil Service positions in his Department was vacant for a week or longer in each year since 2010; and what the average turnover rate for civil servants in his Department has been in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	66682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) was created on 17 July 2016. Information regarding the proportion of positions vacant for a week or longer is not held centrally as each business area manages its vacancies. As the Department has existed for less than 12 months, an average turnover rate is not available at this time.</p><p>Information on the proportion of Civil Service positions vacant for a week or longer and average turnover rates since 2010 in each of BEIS’s predecessor Departments is not held centrally and would incur disproportionate costs to calculate.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 09/03/2017 16:22:27 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

657314

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is his Department's policy to increase the number of policy-making civil servants based outside London.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	57184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>Following the Machinery of Government changes, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy is currently considering how best to align the reform agendas of its two predecessor Departments. This will include considering what the right footprint for the Department should be, in order to best deliver its objectives.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 15/12/2016 17:11:24 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

657317

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what proportion of (a) the Senior Civil Service and (b) policy-making civil servants in his Department are based in London.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	57289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>The proportion of (a) the Senior Civil Service and (b) policy-making civil servants working for the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and based in London is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Senior Civil servants based in London</p></td><td><p>96%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Civil servants based in London engaged in policy making</p></td><td><p>91%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 15/12/2016 17:12:54 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

657339

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many civil servants his Department employs; and how many such staff his Department plans to employ in each of the next three years.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	57275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>As at 31 October 2016, 3211 staff were employed by the Department.</p><p>Workforce planning is continuing which will include staffing forecasts for future years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 20/12/2016 16:34:02 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

641394

registered interest
date	21/11/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his most recent estimate is of the number of civil servants working in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	53942
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As at 31 October 2016, there were 3,189 civil servants who were employed and working in the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and being paid via our payroll.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2016 10:17:15 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham