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Office of the Parliamentary Counsel: Staff

Lords · Question HL10611 · Tabled 16 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 15 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

To ask His Majesty's Government how many people were employed by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel in total in (1) 2015, and (2) 2025; and how many of those people were employed as (a) counsel, and (b) support staff, in each of those years.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent, 15 Oct 2025

The number of staff broken down by grade in the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel is provided in the table below for both 2015 and 2025. Grade2015 Headcount2025 HeadcountPermanent Secretary11Parliamentary Counsel Grades4446Delegated Civil Servant Grades...