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Department for Business and Trade: Civil Servants

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 9 January 2026UIN 100835

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are (a) on temporary contract and (b) consultants.

Answered by Kate Dearden

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:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/bulletins/publicsectoremployment/september2025

Consultants are not civil servants and therefore, the response is nil.

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