PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Department for Business and Trade: Vacancies (26 February 2024)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many and what proportion of digital posts in her Department were vacant on 26 February 2024.

Asked by:
Pat McFadden (Labour)

Answer

As part of the 2022 to 2025 roadmap, all departments made a commitment to reduce their digital and data vacancies to under 10% of total Government Digital and Data headcount by 2025. This is to drive modernisation and digitisation in Government, improving public services for the British people and saving taxpayer money.

Overall, good progress has been made with total current vacancies in the Department for Business and Trade at 24% (91 vacancies). To further support recruitment, the department has an internal dedicated team to lead the end-to-end recruitment process and access recruitment agency support where required.


Answered by:
Greg Hands (Conservative)
5 March 2024

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