Written questions

Civil Servants

Lords · Question HL1535 · Tabled 1 Jul 2026 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 14 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Lord Hamilton of Epsom

To ask His Majesty's Government what the total headcount of full time equivalent staff within the Civil Service was on 1 July 2026.

Answer

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent, 14 Jul 2026

Headcount (HC) and full-time equivalent (FTE) Civil Service employment numbers are published quarterly in arrears by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) as part of their Public Sector Employment Statistics release.The Latest data available, from the ...