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Wales Office: Civil Servants

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeWales OfficeTabled Answered 7 January 2026UIN 101329

The question

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

Answered by Jo Stevens

My Department does not employ any Civil Servants on temporary contracts and there are no consultants in my Department.

Information on the number of civil servants employed on temporary contracts in my Department 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

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:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/wales-office-annual-report-and-accounts-2024-25

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