Question follow-through · 119284
Government Departments: Civil Servants
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants were employed in each Government department as of 1 January 2026.
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
- 10 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 12 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 17 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
10 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants were employed in each Government department as of 1 January 2026.
12 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Mar 2026
Answer published
Information on the number of civil servants employed in each Government department are published quarterly by Office for National Statistics (ONS) with a one quarter lag as part of their accredited official statistics publication ‘Public Sector Employment...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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