Louise Haigh – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Louise Haigh on 2016-02-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of his Department’s civil service workforce based in London (a) at present and (b) at the end of the BIS 2020 restructure programme.

Joseph Johnson

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) headquarters at 1 Victoria Street, London accounts for around 10% of total employees across the BIS Group. In addition, a number of our Partner Organisations, such as the Insolvency Service and Companies House, have offices in London, as well as regional offices across the country.

By 2020 the majority of employees in BIS and its Partner Organisations will continue to be based outside London through a number of centres – such as in Birmingham, Glasgow, and Swindon – as well as a regional footprint for the provision of local services.