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Civil Service: Staff

Volume 706: debated on Tuesday 16 December 2008

Question

Asked by

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.

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”.