Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 112 of his Department's annual report and accounts 2025 to 2026, HC 424, published on 15 July 2026, what number and percentage of staff have declared whether they are from a lower socio-economic background.

This question was answered on 17th September 2026
The percentage of HM Treasury staff from lower socio-economic backgrounds is published annually through the HM Treasury annual report and accounts at the following web address: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-treasury-annual-report-and-accounts-2025-to-2026 on page 111.

According to the most recently published figures in the HM Treasury Annual Report and Accounts for 2025-26, there were 14.1% of staff from a lower socio-economic background, defined in the report by parental occupation (160 routine and manual occupations, 147 intermediate occupations).