Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants by (a) government department, (b) executive agency and (c) non-departmental public body are located (i) in London and (ii) outside London.

In March 2018, 83,530 Civil Servants were reported as employed in London and 343,680 in locations outside London on a headcount basis.

Civil Service employment by Government department and region is available in Table 12 ‘Civil Service employment; regional distribution by government department’ as part of the annual National Statistics publication, Civil Service Statistics at the following link: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics.

A table presenting the number of civil servants employed by government department, executive agency and Crown Non Departmental Public Body located in London and outside London has been placed in the library.

Information on the regional employment of Non-Departmental Government Bodies is not collected centrally.