Departmental Parliamentary Questions

Mr. Harper
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many staff work in his Department’s parliamentary branch; and what proportion of their time is spent on dealing with (a) parliamentary questions and (b) correspondence from hon. Members and Peers.

Jonathan Shaw
There are eight members of staff in parliamentary branch, two of whom work solely on parliamentary questions.

Correspondence from hon. Members and peers is handled by the Department’s customer contact unit.