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Civil Servants: EU Nationals and Turkey

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 27 May 2025UIN 53195

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of civil servants who are (a) EU and (b) Turkish nationals.

Answered by Georgia Gould

While pre-employment right to work checks verify civil servants meet the Civil Service Nationality Rules, which includes permitting the right to work in the UK Civil Service to certain EEA and Turkish nationals, once that process is complete we do not retain this information.

However, Civil Service workforce data including sex, religion, ethnicity, and more, is stored, and is published annually in the Statistical bulletin - Civil Service Statistics on GOV.UK.

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