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Written question asked by Hugh Gaffney (Labour) on Friday, 18 October 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 22 October 2019. It was answered by Jake Berry (Conservative) on Monday, 28 October 2019 on behalf of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.


Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Brexit

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many staff his Department has requested to loan from the Ministry of Defence to assist with preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.

Answer

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government no deal Yellowhammer response was formally activated on 21 October and currently a total of 155 Ministry of Defence (MOD) staff are rostered to work on that response. In addition MOD will provide military personnel to act as Government Liaison Officers (GLOs). GLOs will work alongside and support Local Resilience Forums. A total of 47 Military GLOs have to date been activated to cover the eleven priority port areas in support of Operation Yellowhammer.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
1927
Session
2019-19
Subjects
Staff Ministry of Defence Brexit Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk