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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Civil Servants

Commons · Question 57588 · Tabled 4 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record

Answered 13 Jun 2025

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Asked by John Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many permanent civil servants in his Department are staff without assigned posts; and how many are placed in an equivalent (a) people action team, (b) priority movers list, (c) red

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Answered by Daniel Zeichner, 13 Jun 2025

At any point in time, there is likely to be a small number of individuals who have been displaced due to restructures within their business units or, for example, have returned from a loan from another department and their role no longer exists. The exact...