Question follow-through · 27507

Cabinet Office and Prime Minister: Staff

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) officials and (b) advisers are employed by (i) his Department and (ii) Number 10 Downing Street.

answeredCabinet Office

About this written question

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
30 Jan 2025
Target answer date
4 Feb 2025
Answer
4 Feb 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many (a) officials and (b) advisers are employed by (i) his Department and (ii) Number 10 Downing Street.

  2. 4 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    Data on the number of officials in the Cabinet Office is published monthly at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-workforce-management-data-2023-to-2024 and Business Unit level data including for Business Units in Number 10 Downing S...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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