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<p>To answer part (a) of the question: The total salary bill for the civil service
can be approximately calculated using data from Cabinet Office owned national statistics,
Civil Service Statistics. A link to the latest Civil Service Statistics is available
here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2023/statistical-bulletin-civil-service-statistics-2023"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2023/statistical-bulletin-civil-service-statistics-2023</a></p><p>
</p><p>Part (b) asks about public administration from budgetary tables published in
HM Treasury’s Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses (PESA) it is possible to obtain
administrative spending by government departmental group. Please refer to Table 1.7
within the link to PESA 2023 below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-expenditure-statistical-analyses-2023"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-expenditure-statistical-analyses-2023</a></p><p>
</p><p>In-year expenditure data for 2023-24, from which it is possible to obtain administration
budgets, are available from HM Treasury’s OSCAR Transparency release. A link is provided
below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/oscar-ii-publishing-data-from-the-database-september-2023"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/oscar-ii-publishing-data-from-the-database-september-2023</a></p><p>
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