PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Extended Ministerial Offices (9 January 2017)

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many current Ministers have been allocated an extended ministerial office (EMO); how many staff work in each EMO; how many of those staff were civil servants prior to moving to the EMO; how many of those staff have been recruited from outside the civil service; and what the salary grade is of those EMO staff.

Asked by:
Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat)

A revised version of the Ministerial Code was published on the 21^st December 2016, which removed the provisions for setting up Extended Ministerial Offices (EMOs). My officials are working with the Civil Service Commission and relevant departments on the process of disbanding any remaining EMOs.

Answered by:
Ben Gummer (Conservative)
12 January 2017