{"value":{"id":794480,"askingMemberId":1533,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2017-11-23T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2017-11-28T00:00:00","uin":"115453","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November to Question 112580, how many staff are employed in the Regional Transport Strategies Directorate and in which NUTS 1 regions these staff are based.","answeringBodyId":27,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Transport","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":3991,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2017-11-28T00:00:00","answerText":"

The Regional Transport Strategies Directorate was created to support the Northern Powerhouse, with its remit subsequently expanded to support the Government’s re-balancing agenda. Following a reorganisation, implemented on Monday 27th November, Regional Transport Strategies has been restructured in order to support the Department’s ‘place based engagement’ better. As a result, the Directorate has been renamed Regions, Cities and Devolution.

The geographical spread of the new Directorate’s staff, which includes a mix of full- and part-time working, by NUTS1 regions is set out below:

NUTS 1 Region

No. of Staff

West Midlands (England)

6

Yorkshire & the Humber

5

North West (England)

1

North East (England)

16

London

44

Total

72

Whilst the staff in this Directorate are spread across the above five regions, their work is not limited to the region in which they are based.

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