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Civil Servants: Location

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 22 April 2025UIN 44394

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Whitehall civil service jobs were relocated outside London in each year since 2015.

Answered by Georgia Gould

The Places for Growth Programme has been gathering data on relocation of Government roles from London since September 2021. Since then, latest published data shows 21,002 roles have been relocated from London. By year:

  • 3,999 roles were relocated in 2021.

  • 7,113 roles were relocated in 2022.

  • 7,171 roles were relocated in 2023.

  • 2,719 roles were relocated in Quarter 1 of 2024 (the latest published data).

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