Manpower
Energy and Climate Change
Tom Greatrex (Rutherglen and Hamilton West, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many private secretaries have served under each Minister in his Department since May 2010.
Gregory Barker (Minister of State (Climate Change), Energy and Climate Change; Bexhill and Battle, Conservative)
The following table sets out the number of serving and former private secretaries that have worked in Ministers' offices since May 2010. The figures exclude short-term locum placements.
| Minister | Number of private secretaries |
| Secretary of State | 10 |
| Minister of State for Energy | 4 |
| Minister of State for Climate Change | 5 |
| Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State | 2 |