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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Department for Transport: Carers (9 June 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in his Department had caring responsibilities in each of the last five years.

Asked by:
Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)

Answer

The Department for Transport (DfT) does not collect data on the number of people with caring responsibilities on its HR systems.

We are, however able to provide data on the numbers responding positively to the Civil Service People Survey question on caring responsibilities over this period. The total number for the Central DfT and its four agencies is broken down as follows:

Department / Agency

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

Central DfT

535

409

322

209

267

Driver & Vehicle Licencing Agency (DVLA)

1329

1169

1099

1107

1096

Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA)

1153

906

702

582

659

Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA)

205

150

138

153

136

Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA)

33

27

19

17

24

Total

3255

2661

2280

2068

2182

This is not a workforce statistic and is only representative of those who completed the survey and the best available information DfT currently has.


Answered by:
Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative)
17 June 2020

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