Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy written question – answered at on 19 April 2021.
Steve Reed
Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many full-time equivalent staff from his Department were employed in the Cities and Local Growth Unit in each of the last five years.
Paul Scully
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy), Minister of State (London)
The Cities and Local Growth Unit is the Government’s local growth team, working across two Departments and reporting jointly into the MHCLG and BEIS Secretaries of State. In each of the last five years, BEIS FTE employed in the Cities and Local Growth Unit (CLGU) is detailed in following chart.
BEIS FTE employed in the CLGU from 2017 to *2021 | ||||
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
91.1 | 102.4 | 125.8 | 133.1 | 153.4 |
*153.4 reflects data up to 28th February 2021 | ||||
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