Following its formation in February 2023, the Department consolidated teams from the former BEIS and DIT into 25 sector-facing teams within its Business Group. These sector teams vary by size and grade distribution. The Department’s Business Group also has teams that work across sectors, such as the Business Intelligence Unit. There are 820 full time equivalent (FTE) staff in the Business Group (as of September 2024).43 We asked the Department about the correlation between the number of people employed in certain teams, and the amount it is spending on support. The Department told us that the number of staff per sector team was not always an 37 Q 82 38 Q 71 39 Q 45 and Q 82 40 Qq 71-72 41 Qq 71-72 42 Q 74 43 C&AG’s Report, para 12, Figure 7 14 indication of the size or importance of the industry the team aims to support, or of the size of the budget available. The Department told us that the way it would work with each sector would vary, depending on the needs of the sector and the type of support intervention.44