This reveals there has been a large increase in top posts at a time when productivity has fallen badly. You can have too many managers.
The Cabinet Office has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (2438):
Question:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil servants are employed at each grade above SCS1. (2438)
Tabled on: 20 November 2023
Answer:
John Glen:
The number of Senior Civil Servants by Director, Director General and Permanent Secretary paybands are shown in the table below.
This information is published each year by payband through the Government evidence to the Senior Salaries Review Board.
Table 1: Number of Senior Civil Servants by Director, Director General and Permanent Secretary paybands, as at 1 April 2023
| Payband | Number |
| Director (Payband 2) | 1140 |
| Director General (Payband 3) | 180 |
| Permanent Secretary | 45 |
Source: SCS Database, Cabinet Office
Notes: Numbers are rounded to the nearest 5.
Numbers are provisional and subject to revision over time.
Numbers refer to the centrally managed ‘Senior Civil Service’ that does not include the Diplomatic Service and a number of civil servants that work at a senior level, for example some senior military officials and health professionals, and who are not part of the ‘Senior Civil Service’.
The answer was submitted on 28 Nov 2023 at 17:06.
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