Northern Ireland Office: Civil Servants
Commons · Question 57590 · Tabled 4 Jun 2025 · Northern Ireland Office · Official record
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by John Cooper
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 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) redeployment register,
Answer
Answered by Hilary Benn, 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 cost centres or, for example, have returned from a loan from another department and their role no longer exists. The exact n...