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Working to make government more effective

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State of the civil service

Find the latest information about the size, structure, location and make-up of the civil service.

We explain how the civil service works, how it’s changing and what this means for its priorities in the future.

The work below analyses the latest data about the civil service, including around its structure and changing size, geographical spread, skills, professions and functions, diversity, and its pay and grade structures.

State of the civil service

Whitehall Monitor

Our flagship annual report on the civil service, tracking the size of the civil service and the turnover of officials, civil service pay, morale and diversity, as well as progress in areas such as artificial intelligence and digitisation.

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