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Written question asked by Jonathan Reynolds (Labour) on Thursday, 14 September 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 19 September 2023 (named day). It was answered by Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative) on Tuesday, 19 September 2023 on behalf of the Department for Business and Trade.


Audit: Reform

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many civil servants worked on legislative proposals relating to audit reform in each of the last five years.

Answer

The table below gives the number of officials in the Department working on legislative proposals relating to reform of audit and associated legislative reforms of corporate governance, in September of each of the last five years. Figures for 2019-21 are estimates based on information readily available.

September 2019

c. 20

September 2020

c. 15

September 2021

c. 21

September 2022

19

September 2023

15


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
199565
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Audit Civil servants Reform Department for Business and Trade
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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