Question follow-through · 4618

Civil Servants

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to reduce the number of civil servants.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body: Cabinet Office
Tabled: 9 Sept 2024
Target answer date: 11 Sept 2024
Answer: 13 Sept 2024 · 4 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

9 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to reduce the number of civil servants.
11 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Sept 2024
Answer published
Decisions on the future size of the Civil Service will form a key part of the comprehensive Spending Review.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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