Question follow-through · 2632

Civil Servants

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 10 of the report published by HM Treasury entitled Fixing the Foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, CP 1133, what the (a) headcount and (b) FTE size is of the Civil Service.

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Answering body: Cabinet Office
Tabled: 30 Jul 2024
Target answer date: 2 Sept 2024
Answer: 2 Sept 2024 · 34 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

30 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 10 of the report published by HM Treasury entitled Fixing the Foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, CP 1133, what the (a) headcount and (b) FTE size is of the Civil Service.
2 Sept 2024
Target answer date
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2 Sept 2024
Answer published
Accredited Official Statistics on the number of civil servants, both overall and by government department and agency, on an FTE and headcount basis are published each quarter by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) as part of their Public Sector Emplo...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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