Question follow-through · 121802
Cabinet Office: Ministers' Private Offices
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average staffing complement is for a ministerial private office within their Department; what grades those staff are appointed at; what the typical remuneration and contracted working hours are for thos
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A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 18 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 31 Mar 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average staffing complement is for a ministerial private office within their Department; what grades those staff are appointed at; what the typical remuneration and contracted working hours are for thos
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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31 Mar 2026
Answer published
The average size of a ministerial private office is 5, although some private office staff are shared between two ministers, working for both. Private office staff are found at all civil service grades from EO to SCS1. Over the last 12 months there has bee...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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