Transparency data

Average number of persons employed

Updated 11 July 2016
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2015-16 2014-15*2
Operating segment Not set Permanently employed staff Commissioners Others*1 Ministers Special Advisers Total Total
Support to the Cabinet, the PM & the Deputy PM Not set 721 - 6 4 24 755 837
Permanent Secretary’s Group Not set 533 - 4 3 8 548 554
Chief Executive’s Group Not set 825 - 171 - - 996 1,014
Independent business units Not set 21 - - - - 21 22
Arm’s length bodies3 Not set 19 94 - - - 28 25
Staff engaged on capital projects Not set 35 - 20 - - 55 20
Total Not set 2,154 9 201 7 32 2,403 24,725
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Core Department Not set 2,135 - 201 7 32 2,375 2,447
Other designated bodies3 Not set 19 9 - - - 28 25
Total Not set 2,154 9 201 7 32 2,403 24,725
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1 The ‘Others’ category includes agency staff, interim managers, specialist contractors and consultants Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
2 The figures for 2014-15 have been reclassified to the new operating segments introduced during 2015-16. Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
3 Together, the Civil Service Commission and the Office of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists make up both the Department’s ‘Arm’s length bodies’ and its ‘Other designated bodies’ Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
4 The method used to calculate the full-time equivalent (FTE) number of Civil Service Commissioners this year has changed from previous years. Rather than calculating the FTE based on the number of days worked, each Commissioner has been treated as a full-time equivalent person Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set
5 This figure is higher than reported in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts 2014-15. This is because the full-time equivalent number of Civil Service Commissioners has been recalculated using the methodology outlined in footnote 4 above Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set Not set