Departmental Personnel

John Mann
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many staff there were in his Department (a) at its creation and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available.

Joan Ruddock
On 3 October 2008, approximately 800 staff were transferred to the Department of Energy and Climate Change. On 1 September 2009, there were 1,070 staff in the Department.