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Senior Civil Servants

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 17 March 2026UIN 119286

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many officials in the Senior Civil Service were employed on a full-time equivalent basis in each of the last five years.

Answered by Satvir Kaur

Information on the number of civil servants working at SCS level employed on a full-time equivalent basis is published annually by Cabinet Office as part of the accredited official statistics publication ‘Civil Service Statistics’. Data as at 31 March each year for the years 2021 to 2025 can be accessed through the ‘Civil Service Statistics data browser’ for each of these five years using the links below:

https://civil-service-statistics.jdac.service.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/data_browser_2025/Responsibility_level_grouped/index.html

https://civil-service-statistics.jdac.service.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/data_browser_2024/Responsibility_level_grouped/index.html

https://civil-service-statistics.jdac.service.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/data_browser_2023/Responsibility_level_grouped/index.html

https://civil-service-statistics.jdac.service.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/data_browser_2022/Responsibility_level_grouped/index.html

https://civil-service-statistics.jdac.service.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/data_browser_2021/Responsibility_level_grouped/index.html

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