Margaret Ferrier – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Margaret Ferrier on 2016-02-08.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2016 to Question 25009, what proportion of people in the Senior Civil Service were based in London in each year since 2010.

Matthew Hancock

The Civil Service requires a variety of skills and professions within its workforce and many senior civil servants, by nature of their remit, work closely with Ministers, which is why the majority of these positions are based in London.

The proportion of SCS based in London has remained relatively stable from 2010 to 2015.

Although the proportion has increased, this represents an overall decrease in headcount, from 2,840 at 1^st April 2010 to 2,660 at 1^st April 2015.