Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total salary bill for the civil service in central government was, by department, in (a) 2010, (b) 2015, (c) 2019 and (d) March 2022.

Total salary bill for the civil service can be approximately calculated using data from Cabinet Office owned national statistics, Civil Service Statistics.

Mean earnings data is available, by department, as part of the Civil Service Statistics. These figures represent the mean earnings of all permanent employees on a full-time equivalent basis. They are available by gender and can be found in table 31.

Total employees on a full-time equivalent basis, by department, can also be found as part of the Civil Service Statistics. This data can be found in table 8. Using this data, alongside table 36, which gives the gender split in the civil service by department, and table 31 it is possible to calculate an approximate total paybill for each civil service department.

Full tables for 2010, 2015 and 2019 can be found here: Civil Service statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). 2022 data is not yet available but is expected to be published in Summer 2022 on the same website.