Question follow-through · 113497
Treasury: Civil Servants
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to reduce the number of civil servants working for HM Treasury.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 20 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 26 Feb 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
20 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to reduce the number of civil servants working for HM Treasury.
24 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
26 Feb 2026
Answer published
The department’s Spending Review settlement of a 10% real terms reduction to admin by 2028-29 means it will need to get smaller.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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