Question follow-through · 76198

Civil Servants: Pay

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants have salaries over (a) £150,000, (b) £200,000 and (c) £250,000.

answeredCabinet Office

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
9 Sept 2025
Target answer date
11 Sept 2025
Answer
25 Sept 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling

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

Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants have salaries over (a) £150,000, (b) £200,000 and (c) £250,000.

  2. 11 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    Information on the number of civil servants by salary band is published annually as part of the Cabinet Office accredited official statistics publication, Civil Service Statistics. Information on the number of civil servants earning more than £150,000 and...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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