John Stevenson: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in his Department’s human resources section in April 2020.
Kemi Badenoch: There were 33 full time equivalent staff employed in HMT Treasury’s human resource section in April 2020.
John Stevenson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in his Department’s human resources section in April 2020.
Robin Walker: The number of full-time equivalent staff employed in the Northern Ireland Office human resources section in April 2020 was 4.57 FTE.
John Stevenson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in his Department’s human resources section in April 2020.
Johnny Mercer:
The information requested can be found at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2020
Table 8A of the Cabinet Office ‘Annual Civil Service Employment Survey’ provides details of the UK civil service workforce by Department and job profession, including the category ‘Human Resource’. The information provided is correct as at 31 March 2020.
John Stevenson: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in his Department’s human resources section in April 2020.
Luke Hall: As of 30 April 2020 the full time equivalent (FTE) staff employed in MHCLG’s human resources directorate totalled 62.6. This figure will include staff that do not work directly on HR functions, for example it will include an in-house shared service function and business management staff.
This calculation for FTE uses the ONS definition which is all directly employed payroll staff employed on that date.
John Stevenson: To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in her Department’s human resources section in April 2020.
Greg Hands:
The Department’s Human Resources (HR) function is responsible for supporting an international workforce of around 4,800 people, across both the Department for International Trade (DIT) and UK Export Finance (UKEF). There were 153.75 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) staff employed in the Department for International Trade Human Resources section in April 2020. This was made up of 130.05 FTE in the Department for International Trade’s HR and Organisational Development Directorate, and 23.70 FTE in UKEF’s Resourcing Division.
This figure therefore includes UKEF staff, DIT payroll staff, as well as contractors and staff on loan from other government departments. DIT overseas-based staff are not included as they are recorded on Foreign Commonwealth and Development systems separately, but the HR function does not currently have any people deployed overseas.
John Stevenson: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in his Department’s human resources section in April 2020.
Julia Lopez: As at 30 April 2020, 76 full-time equivalent staff were employed in the Cabinet Office Human Resources team, serving a department of 8,187 full-time equivalent staff.
John Stevenson: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in her Department’s human resources section in April 2020.
James Brokenshire: The number of full-time equivalent staff for the Home Office as of 30 April 2020 was 34,397, and those within HR was 501.
John Stevenson: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in his Department’s human resources section in April 2020.
Victoria Prentis: The full-time equivalent number of staff in the department’s Human Resources section as at 30 April 2020 was 257.1
John Stevenson: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in her Department’s human resources section in April 2020.
Mims Davies:
We are able to provide the following figures for March 2020:
No. of HR Staff excluding Shared Services
Headcount – 378
FTE – 352
Source: DWP return to Cabinet Office – issued 12 June 2020
John Stevenson: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in his Department’s human resources section in April 2020.
Nadhim Zahawi: The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy had 93.5 full-time equivalent staff employed in the Human Resources directorate in April 2020. This figure includes ‘inactive’ staff, such as those on maternity or on loan or secondment, and excludes contingent staff and those on the Fast Stream.
The Department’s Human Resources directorate includes a Health and Safety team, as well as other teams not usually included within the Cabinet Office’s definition of Human Resources.
John Stevenson: To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in his Department’s human resources section in April 2020.
John Whittingdale:
On 30th April 2020 there were 55.6 FTE payroll Civil Servants in the People and Workplace directorate in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
This FTE total includes all Civil Servants reporting to the department’s People and Workplace Director, and includes the following teams:
- People and Workplace Delivery
- People Strategy and Development
- Estates and Security
John Stevenson: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in his Department’s human resources section in April 2020.
Chris Philp: As at 30th April 2020, 945.01 FTE were employed in the Human Resources departments of the Ministry of Justice, including HMCTS & HMPPS.
John Stevenson: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in his Department’s human resources section in April 2020.
Nick Gibb: The number of full-time equivalent staff employed within HR as of April 2020 was 117.7.
John Stevenson: To ask the Attorney General, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in his Department’s human resources section in April 2020.
Michael Ellis:
The following table shows the number of full-time equivalent HR staff at the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), the Government Legal Department (GLD) and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI), Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and Serious Fraud Office (SFO) for April 2020:
Department – FTE
AGO* – 8
GLD- 67.3
HMCPSI* – 3.6
CPS- 134.45
SFO – 10
*These staff also perform other non-HR duties in their roles.
John Stevenson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in his Department’s human resources section in April 2020.
Chris Heaton-Harris:
In the Department of Transport there were a total of 342.74 FTE employed in the human resources functions at 30th April 2020
The breakdown between the central Department and the Executive Agencies is as follows:
DfTc – 106.0
DVLA – 81.9
DVSA – 126.4
MCA – 24.0
VCA – 4.5
Total – 342.7
Please note, the above figures relate to staff working in teams which are part of the organisations HR functions (at DVSA this includes Driver Examiner Trainers) but do not include any contingent labour.
John Stevenson: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in the Department’s human resources section in April 2020.
Edward Argar: 45.75 full-time equivalent staff were employed in the Department’s Human Resources section as of 30 April 2020. This figure includes civil servants on permanent contract, fixed term appointment and loaned in from other Government departments. Since this time the Department has expanded in size, and this has included growth in the Human Resources section.
John Stevenson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed in the (a) Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s and (b) Department for International Development’s human resources section in April 2020.
Nigel Adams: As of the 31st March 2020, the Department for International Development had 64.6 FTE staff employed in the Human Resources Department and 27.3 FTE officers employed in the in-house HR Operations function.
As of the 31st March 2020, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office had 116.8 FTE staff employed in the Human Resources Directorate and 57.6 FTE officers employed in the in-house HR Operations function.