Chris Heaton-Harris corrected a written answer on Department for Exiting the European Union: Staff

9 October 2018 · Commons written answer · Department for Exiting the European Union

Gareth Snell (Labour, Stoke-on-Trent Central) asked written question 174123 on 12 September 2018. Chris Heaton-Harris answered on 9 October 2018 for the Department for Exiting the European Union , and Chris Heaton-Harris corrected the answer on 9 October 2018. The corrected text adds the figure 650, which the original did not give. Altogether 83 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, how many staff (a) are employed directly by (b) are seconded to and (c) work under contract to his Department.

Original and corrected answer

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Original	Corrected
~~I can confirm that all staff directly employed by~~ the Department for Exiting the European Union are ~~paid in line with the Government’s National Living Wage. All staff are based in London and are paid in line with the living wage, as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.~~	The Department is recruiting the brightest and the best from across the civil service, the wider public sector and the private sector. The Department for Exiting the European Union now has over 650 staff. We will not be providing a running commentary as recruitment is ongoing and numbers are regularly changing.

The question and answer on the Parliament website.

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