Paul Blomfield – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Paul Blomfield on 2016-07-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2016 to Question 39361, on his Department’s reorganisation, how many of the 1,500 policy posts reduced will be (a) in and (b) outside London.

Joseph Johnson

The answer to question 39361 stated that policy posts would be reduced to around 1,500, not by around 1,500.

The Executive Board announced on 26 May that from January 2018 all policy roles will be based in our single HQ and policy centre in London.