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Written question asked by Ashley Fox (Conservative) on Monday, 29 June 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 2 July 2026 (named day). It was answered by Simon Lightwood (Labour) on Thursday, 2 July 2026 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


National Highways: Staff

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2026 to Question 5451 on National Highways: Expenditure, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed within National Highways' external affairs function on (a) 4 July 2024 and (b) the latest date for which figures are available.

Answer

On 4 July 2024 the National Highways external affairs team had 10.9 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff in post. The team was at that time carrying a number of vacancies out of its total headcount of 19 FTE.

The National Highways external affairs team currently consists of 17 FTE staff and is carrying no vacancies.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
14054
Session
2026-27
Related items
National Highways: Expenditure
Friday, 12 June 2026
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Staff National Highways
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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