Question follow-through · 13819
Public Bodies: Information Officers
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Table 14.1 of his Department's publication entitled Statistical bulletin - Civil Service Statistics: 2024, published on 31 July 2024, if he will publish a breakdown of the communications staff
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 12 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 18 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 18 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
12 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Table 14.1 of his Department's publication entitled Statistical bulletin - Civil Service Statistics: 2024, published on 31 July 2024, if he will publish a breakdown of the communications staff
18 Nov 2024
Target answer date
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18 Nov 2024
Answer published
Information on the number of civil servants by profession (including communications) in each government department and agency are published annually by Cabinet Office as part of the accredited official statistics publication ‘Civil Service Statistics’. St...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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