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<p>On 2 October 2023, the Chancellor announced an immediate cap on civil servant headcount
across Whitehall to stop any further expansion, increase efficiencies and boost productivity.</p><p>
</p><p>The Civil Service grew in size to manage the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic
and the illegal war in the Ukraine but it is right that we reduce the size of the
Civil Service over time as we drive up productivity and deliver efficiencies.</p><p>
</p><p>As part of this Government’s commitment to transparency, my Department publishes
workforce statistics each month. Information about staffing levels since 2006 are
available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/payroll-costs-and-non-consolidated-pay-data"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/payroll-costs-and-non-consolidated-pay-data</a></p><p>
</p><p>The data requested can be found at the following links</p><p> </p><p>(a) <a
href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/publicsectoremploymentreferencetable/march2020/datasets.xlsx"
target="_blank">March 2020, table 8</a></p><p>(b) <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/publicsectoremploymentreferencetable/march2016/psereferencetablesmarch2016.xls"
target="_blank">March 2016, table 8</a></p><p>(c) <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20150905000144mp_/http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pse/public-sector-employment/q1-2011/stb-q1-2011.pdf"
target="_blank">March 2011, table 8</a></p><p> </p>
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