Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, to what does the expense area Civil Service Group in the Cabinet Office spend data for December 2018 refers.

Civil Service Group (CSG) is a management unit within the Cabinet Office. It is responsible for strengthening and transforming the Civil Service as it tackles an increasingly complex set of challenges. This includes responsibility for Civil Service Strategy, embedding the vision for ‘A Brilliant Civil Service’, and implementing the cross-government Functional model. In delivering these activities CSG provides direct support to the Cabinet Secretary and the Chief Executive of the Civil Service & Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office.