PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Investment Security Unit: Staff (6 July 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what percentage of staff previously employed in the Investment Security Group were employed in the Investment Security Unit as of 6 July.

Asked by:
Darren Jones (Labour)

As of 6 July 2022, there are 94 full time equivalent posts in the Investment Security Unit. As with any organisation, actual staffing levels fluctuate over time. The ISU operates a ‘hub and spoke’ model, bringing together expertise from across government and the intelligence community to scrutinise acquisitions and assess the need for intervention to protect the UK’s national security, ensuring the Business Secretary can make well evidenced decisions.

The Investment Security Group team was previously based in the Cabinet Office but moved to BEIS in April to form the basis of the ISU.

Answered by:
Jane Hunt (Conservative)
13 July 2022