Government Communication Service: Staff
The question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2025, to Question, 90238, on Government Communications Service: Staff, if he will publish the number of (a) headcount and (b) FTE Government Communication Service staff in each government department, central public body and Arm’s Length Body, including NHS, according to information collated in the most recent Government Communications Service audit; and what are the aggregate figures.
Answered by Nick Thomas-Symonds
Please see the table below that contains the full-time equivalent figures for departments. These figures incorporate the ALBs, which are grouped under their respective sponsoring organisations.
Sponsor Org | FTE |
Attorney General's Office | 97.72 |
Cabinet Office | 406.85 |
Department for Business & Trade | 348.06 |
Department for Culture, Media & Sport | 451.20 |
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs | 389.94 |
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero | 294.24 |
Department for Education | 285.90 |
Department for Transport | 630.47 |
Department of Health & Social Care | 772.76 |
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology | 333.67 |
Department for Work & Pensions | 239.39 |
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office | 149.12 |
HM Revenue & Customs | 294.10 |
HM Treasury | 84.35 |
Home Office | 197.44 |
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government | 124.15 |
Ministry of Defence | 501.54 |
Ministry of Justice | 285.96 |
Northern Ireland Office | 17.00 |
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom | ≤5.00 |
Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland | 16.00 |
UK Export Finance | 20.90 |
Office of the Secretary of State for Wales | 7.80 |
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