Cabinet Office: Civil Servants
(asked on 20th November 2023) - View Source
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants are employed at each grade above SCS1.
The number of Senior Civil Servants by Director, Director General and Permanent Secretary paybands are shown in the table below.
This information is published each year by payband through the Government evidence to the Senior Salaries Review Board.
Table 1: Number of Senior Civil Servants by Director, Director General and Permanent Secretary paybands, as at 1 April 2023
Payband | Number |
Director (Payband 2) | 1140 |
Director General (Payband 3) | 180 |
Permanent Secretary | 45 |
Source: SCS Database, Cabinet Office
Notes: Numbers are rounded to the nearest 5.
Numbers are provisional and subject to revision over time.
Numbers refer to the centrally managed 'Senior Civil Service' that does not include the Diplomatic Service and a number of civil servants that work at a senior level, for example some senior military officials and health professionals, and who are not part of the 'Senior Civil Service'.