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To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (a) men and (b) women are employed in each department of the non-industrial civil service. [HL19]
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, National Statistician, to Lord Stoddart of Swindon, dated December 2008.
The Office for National Statistics collects employment statistics for the Civil Service, as part of the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (ACSES).
The requested data are attached at annexe A.
Civil Service Employment Departmental Profile 30 September 20071 Headcount Male Female All employees Attorney General's Departments Crown Prosecution Service 2920 5860 8780 Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate 20 20 50 Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers 20 30 50 Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office 130 170 300 Serious Fraud Office 180 130 310 Treasury Solicitor 290 420 710 Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (excl agencies)2 1890 1560 3450 Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service 350 440 790 Companies House 470 660 1120 Insolvency Service 1130 1320 2450 Office of Fair Trading 300 270 570 Office of Gas and Electricity Market 160 130 290 Postal Services Commission 30 30 60 Cabinet Office Cabinet Office (excl agencies) 690 690 1380 Other Cabinet Office agencies Central Office of Information 300 370 670 National School of Government 90 160 250 Parliamentary Counsel Office 40 40 80 HM Treasury HM Treasury 670 520 1190 HM Revenue and Customs HM Revenue and Customs 38800 53310 92110 Valuation Office 2270 2110 4380 Chancellor's other departments Debt Management Office 60 20 80 Government Actuary’s Department 70 30 100 National Savings and Investments 60 70 120 Office of Government Commerce 140 110 250 OGCbuying solutions 140 140 280 Office for National Statistics3 1430 2030 3470 Royal Mint 570 150 720 Charity Commission Charity Commission 230 280 510 Children, Schools and Families Department for Children, Schools and Families2 1490 2010 3500 Innovation, Universities and Skills Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills 390 410 800 National Weights and Measures Laboratory 30 20 60 UK Intellectual Property Office 540 460 1010 Office for Standards in Education Office for Standards in Education 740 2010 2750 Communities and Local Government Department for Communities and Local Government (excl agencies)2 1470 1470 2940 Fire Service College 150 100 250 Ordnance Survey 1020 390 1410 Planning Inspectorate 540 320 860 Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre 30 20 50 Culture, Media and Sport Department for Culture Media and Sport2 280 240 520 Royal Parks 60 40 100 Defence Ministry of Defence 44110 27030 71140 Royal Fleet Auxiliary 2240 110 2350 Army Base Repair Organisation 1930 240 2170 Defence Aviation Repair Agency4 480 160 640 Defence Science and Technology Laboratory 2400 990 3390 Met Office 1280 400 1680 UK Hydrographic Office 690 350 1040 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (excl agencies)2 1870 1810 3680 Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science 330 230 560 Central Science Laboratory 350 320 670 Government Decontamination Services 10 10 30 Marine and Fisheries Agency 120 60 180 Office of Water Services 90 120 200 Pesticides Safety Directorate 100 90 190 Rural Payments Agency 1750 1990 3740 Animal Health 720 1010 1730 Veterinary Laboratories Agency 540 780 1320 Veterinary Medicines Directorate 60 60 140 Export Credit Guarantee Department Export Credit Guarantee Department 150 70 220 Foreign and Commonwealth Office Foreign and Commonwealth Office (excl agencies) 3560 2480 6070 Wilton Park Executive Agency 20 60 80 Health Department of Health (excl agencies) 1000 1220 2220 Food Standards Agency 360 440 800 Meat Hygiene Service 1100 250 1340 Medical and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency 390 480 870 National Healthcare Purchasing and Supplies 130 190 320 NHS Business Services Authority (Civil Service only) 70 170 250 Home Office Home Office (excl agencies)2 1360 1400 2760 Assets Recovery Agency 100 100 190 Border and Immigration Agency 8330 10320 18640 Criminal Records Bureau 180 260 430 Identity and Passport Service 1460 2590 4050 Office for Security and Counterterrorism 130 100 230 Justice Ministry of Justice (excl agencies) 1680 2010 3690 HM Courts Service 6550 14910 21460 Land Registry 3070 5180 8250 National Archives 320 290 610 Public Guardianship Office 160 170 330 Tribunals Service 1100 1900 2990 Scotland Office 20 10 30 Wales Office 30 30 60 Public Sector Prison Service 32410 17880 50300 International Development Department for International Development 850 880 1740 Northern Ireland Office Northern Ireland Office 70 70 150 Security and Intelligence Services Security and Intelligence Services 3480 1780 5260 Transport Department for Transport (excl agencies)2 1300 730 2020 Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency 2680 4570 7250 Driving Standards Agency 1910 750 2650 Government Car and Despatch Agency 260 30 290 Highways Agency 2430 1050 3480 Maritime and Coastguard Agency 840 430 1270 Office of Rail Regulation 220 120 340 Vehicle Certification Agency 90 30 120 Vehicle and Operator Services Agency 1700 780 2480 Work and Pensions DWP Corporate Services 2750 3010 5760 DWP Shared Services 1640 3080 4730 Child Support Agency 3560 8170 11730 Disability and Carers Service 2060 4550 6510 Jobcentre Plus 21900 52960 74860 Pension Service 4410 8370 12770 The Health and Safety Executive 1980 1800 3780 The Rent Service 310 340 650 Scottish Government Scottish Government (excl agencies) 2210 2210 4410 Communities Scotland 150 260 400 Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service 500 1140 1630 Courts Group 20 20 40 Fisheries Research Services 200 130 330 General Register Scotland 130 150 270 HM Inspectorate of Education 60 140 200 Historic Scotland 640 430 1070 Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland 30 40 70 National Archive for Scotland 80 70 160 Office of Accountant in Bankruptcy 30 90 120 Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator 20 20 40 Registers of Scotland 710 660 1370 Scottish Agricultural Scientific Agency 70 80 150 Scottish Buildings Standards Agency 20 20 30 Scottish Court Service 490 800 1290 Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency 260 60 320 Scottish Prison Service 3090 950 4050 Scottish Public Pensions Agency 100 120 220 Social Work Inspection Agency 20 30 50 Student Awards Agency 70 80 150 Transport Scotland 170 90 260 Welsh Assembly Welsh Assembly Government 2570 3460 6030 ESTYN 40 60 90 All employees 250410 281410 531820
1 Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10, and numbers less than five are represented by “…”. Data not available are represented by “-”.
2 Includes Government Office for the Regions employees.
3 Figures for the Office for National Statistics exclude field staff who were not civil servants at the reference date.
4 Excluded 1,414 employees defined as “industrial”.