Government Communication Service: Staff

(asked on 8th January 2026) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

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 Portrait
Nick Thomas-Symonds
Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
This question was answered on 19th January 2026

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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