This is the fifth of our posts with Reform looking ahead to the Spending Review. The
first four posts were on health, education, the first hundred days and welfare.
What is the budget?
The Civil Service accounts for 527,000 out of the total 6.1 million people employed in the public sector (as at March 2010). The total annual cost of employing these civil servants is
approximately £13 billion.
Where does the money go?
Mostly on people. The Civil Service headcount has grown by nearly 5 per cent in the last decade from 504,000 in 1999. Nearly three quarters of all civil servants are employed by four
departments: the Department for Work and Pensions (134,000), HM Revenue & Customs (87,000), the Ministry of Justice (85,000) and the Ministry of Defence (77,000). About half are in
“management” positions and half in “administrative” roles.
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