Written question asked by Andrew Gwynne (Labour) on Wednesday, 26 October 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 28 October 2016. It was answered by George Eustice (Conservative) on Thursday, 3 November 2016 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Location

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of senior civil service graded posts in her Department classified as (i) deputy director, (ii) assistant director, (iii) team leader and (iv) policy manager have been based outside London in each year since 2014.

Answer

The number and proportion of Deputy Director SCS posts based outside London as at 30 September for each year since 2014 is shown below:

	2014	% of Total	2015	% of Total	2016	% of Total
SCS Pay Band 1 (Deputy Director)	11	11	9	10	11	10

Note: % shown is of total SCS based outside London, rounded to the nearest whole number

We do not use the descriptor Assistant Director in Defra; Team Leader and Policy Manager posts are below SCS level.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 50399
Session: 2016-17
Subjects: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Location Senior civil servants
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk