Question follow-through · 46757
Public Sector: Pay
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the wage bill of the (a) Civil Service, (b) central Government Departments and (c) public sector was in (i) June 2024 and (ii) the latest period for which data is available.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 22 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 30 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the wage bill of the (a) Civil Service, (b) central Government Departments and (c) public sector was in (i) June 2024 and (ii) the latest period for which data is available.
24 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Apr 2025
Answer published
Salary data for the Civil Service is published annually as part of Civil Service Statistics, an Accredited Official Statistics release, available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2024. The most recent estimated salary ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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