Transparency data
Aaverage number of persons employed
Updated 25 September 2017
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| Operating segment | Permanently employed staff | Commissioners | Others*1 | Ministers | Special Advisers | 2016-17 Total | 2015-16*2 Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support the Prime Minister and the Cabinet to deliver the Government’s programme | 446 | - | 1 | 5 | 33 | 485 | 506 |
| Drive efficiencies and reforms that make government work better | 1,218 | - | 104 | - | 5 | 1,327 | 1,132 |
| Create a more United Democracy | 105 | - | 9 | - | - | 114 | 99 |
| Strengthen and secure the United Kingdom at home and abroad | 247 | - | 44 | - | - | 291 | 214 |
| Corporate Activities | 223 | - | 36 | - | - | 259 | 265 |
| Arm’s Length Bodies*3 | 15 | 10 | - | - | - | 25 | 28 |
| Staff engaged on capital projects | 102 | - | 105 | - | - | 207 | 55 |
| Total | 2,356 | 10 | 299 | 5 | 38 | 2,708 | 2,299 |
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| Core Department | 2,341 | - | 299 | 5 | 38 | 2,683 | 2,271 |
| Other designated bodies*3 | 15 | 10 | - | - | - | 25 | 28 |
| Total | 2,356 | 10 | 299 | 5 | 38 | 2,708 | 2,299 |
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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 |
| 2 The figures for 2015-16 have been reclassified to the new operating segments introduced during 2016-17 | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set | Not set |
| 3 Together, the Civil Service Commission and 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 |