Department for Work and Pensions: Staff

(asked on 20th May 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff have been employed in her Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by directorate.


Answered by
Guy Opperman Portrait
Guy Opperman
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 30th May 2022

Department for Work and Pensions Full Time Equivalent (FTE) as at the end of each financial year by directorate*

Directorate

Mar-22

Central Analysis and Science Directorate

78

Change Group

1,025

Digital Group

3,945

Finance Group

2,000

People, Capability and Place Group

1,769

Private Office

93

Strategic Communications

117

Policy Group

1,387

Service Excellence Group

21,901

Work and Health Services Group

49,783

DWP Total

82,099

Directorate

Mar-21

Change

718

Digital

2,898

Finance Group

1,955

People, Capability and Place Group

1,508

Private Office

85

Communications

227

Policy Group

1,183

Service Excellence Group

19,700

Work and Health Services Group

53,082

Not Available

59

DWP Total

81,415

Directorate

Mar-20

Central Analysis and Science Directorate

97

Change

813

Digital

2,673

Finance Group

1,888

People and Capability Group

1,201

Private Office

92

Communications

238

Strategy

1,022

Service Excellence Group

21,504

Work and Health Services Group

39,264

Not Available

1

DWP Total

68,794

Directorate

Mar-19

Change

896

Digital

2,720

Finance Group

3,821

Human Resources

524

Private Office

4

Communications

122

Policy Group

1,103

Operations

63,939

Not Available

214

DWP Total

73,341

Directorate

Mar-18

Change

1,045

Technology

2,538

Finance Group

3,815

Human Resources

484

Private Office

57

Communications

289

Strategy, Policy and Analysis Group

1,017

Operations

64,834

DWP Total

74,080

* FTE is rounded to nearest whole number

** Includes paid employees only

*** The reporting hierarchy and directorate names within DWP has changed over this period as a result of internal restructuring

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