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Cabinet Office: Ministers' Private Offices

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 31 March 2025UIN 41126

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 13807 on Cabinet Office: Parliamentary Private Secretaries, if he will breakdown the number of staff in each ministerial private office, by named Minister.

Answered by Ms Abena Oppong-Asare

There are 38 staff, at multiple grades, who support the 8 Cabinet Office ministers in private office roles.

Minister

Number of staff in Private Office

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster

8

Minister for the Cabinet Office

6

Minister Oppong-Asare

3

Minister Reeves

4

Minister Gould

6

Minister Alexander

1 (Cabinet Office portfolio only)

Leader of the House of Lords

3

Leader of the House of Commons

7

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