Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the civil service headcount for their Department was on (a) 15 November 2022 and (b) 1 February 2020.

In October 2022 (latest workforce figures) the number of staff employed in my Department was 9464. In February 2020 the number of staff employed in my Department was 7960.

Most of the increase here (84%) is the result of the transfer of staff and functions into the Cabinet Office from other Government Departments under machinery of government changes.

As part of this Government’s commitment to transparency, my Department publishes workforce statistics each month. Information about staffing levels since June 2016 are available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/payroll-costs-and-non-consolidated-pay-data