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Government People Group

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 26 March 2025UIN 39575

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2024 to Question 18401 on Government People Group: Civil Service, what is the (a) remit and (b) function of the 836 staff in the Government People Group; and what the annual staffing cost of the non fast streamers in that group was in the 2024-25 was in that financial year.

Answered by Georgia Gould

The remit and function of Government People Group (GPG) is set out on gov.uk.

The annual staffing cost of all Civil Servants employed by GPG is estimated to be £49.5m for 2023/24, the last full financial year for which data is available. This excludes the payroll costs for all Fast Streamers currently employed on centrally managed Fast Stream programmes.

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