Changes in civil service staff numbers since Q2 2024, by department

A line chart from the Institute for Government, showing changes in civil service staff numbers since Q2 2024, by department, where some departments saw staff numbers rise by up to 8.3% (DBT) by Q1 2025, while others saw them fall by up to 2.7% (DfE), with the whole civil service expanding slightly (by 0.2%).

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Source: Institute for Government analysis of ONS, 'Public Sector Employment Data' (Table 9), Q3 2023 to Q3 2024.Notes: See the Methodology section in the latest edition of our Whitehall Monitor report for details on the handling of staff numbers data. All figures are FTE.Get the dataEmbed Download image