Recruitment and Staffing

You asked

I am writing to request information on what central arrangements have been or are being established to coordinate work within your department arising from the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union, including – but not limited to – assessing the impact on your department’s area of responsibilities, analysing the related implications and policy options, coordinating advice to ministers, and contributing to any cross-government work on Brexit.

In particular, I would like to request the following information:

(i) the total number of staff that have already been deployed – or are in the process of being recruited – to work on these activities, including in any central Brexit units;

(ii) when that exercise of deployment or recruitment began;

(iii) the grades (or equivalent) of the members of staff that have been deployed or that you are in the process of recruiting;

(iv) the size of the annual budget, including staff costs, set aside for any central Brexit units in your department coordinating work in these areas; and

(v) if available, a description of the function and objectives of those units.

Finally, please provide any additional information which you feel would be material to understanding how your department is responding to the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union.

We said

Thank you for your request. Recruitment/Deployment to a Brexit Project Unit is not yet complete. Please find attached our current project outline. Further information, such as the annual budget, has not yet been set.