Fast stream registrations and applications, 1999–2025

A line chart from the Institute for Government showing fast stream registrations and applications, 1999-2025, where both peaked in 2025, recovering from a post-pandemic slump.

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Source: Institute for Government analysis of Cabinet Office, Civil Service Fast Stream Annual Reports, 2016–18; and Cabinet Office, 'Civil Service Fast Stream Recruitment Data', 2019–25.Notes: All pre-2019 figures exclude internal civil service applicants, for which data was reported separately.Get the dataEmbed Download image