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Cabinet Office: Civil Servants

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 23 December 2025UIN 99677

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of civil servants are (a) on temporary contract and (b) consultants in his Department.

Answered by Anna Turley

Information on the number of civil servants employed on temporary contracts is published quarterly by the Office for National Statistics as part of the quarterly Public Sector Employment statistics. Information can be accessed for September 2025 at the following web address:

Public sector employment, UK: September 2025

Departmental expenditure on consultancy is published within the Annual Report and Accounts. The latest report for FY 2024/25 can be found at the following web address:

Cabinet Office annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025 - GOV.UK

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