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Annex B: Change in civil service employment Q2 and Q3 2008( 1) , Great Britain
Headcount, not seasonally adjusted
Change on quarter

Q2 2008 Q3 2008

Attorney-General’s departments

Crown Prosecution Service

10

100

Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate

0

10

Attorney-General’s Office

-10

*

Serious Fraud Office

0

10

Treasury Solicitor

20

30

Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office

10

10

Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office excluding agencies

30

-20

Other Cabinet Office agencies

Central Office of Information

-70

20

National School of Government

10

20

Parliamentary Counsel Office

*

*

HM Treasury

HM Treasury

-10

50

Chancellor’s other departments

Debt Management Office

0

*

Government Actuary’s Department

*

*

National Savings and Investments

0

10

Office of Government Commerce

*

*

OGC Buying Solutions

0

*

Office for National Statistics(2)

-3,350

Royal Mint

50

0

UK Statistics Authority

UK Statistics Authority(2, 3, 4)

3,850

-30

Charity Commission

Charity Commission

-10

*

Communities and Local Government

Department for Communities and Local Government

-40

-60

Fire Service College

0

0

Ordnance Survey

0

20

Planning Inspectorate

*

20

Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre

0

*

Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture Media and Sport

10

-20

Royal Parks

*

0

Defence

Ministry of Defence

700

-550

Defence Support Group

-30

180

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

30

30

Meteorological Office

30

30

UK Hydrographic Office

-10

-10

Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

30

-60

National Weights and Measures Laboratory

0

*

UK Intellectual Property Office

-20

10

Department for Children, Schools and Families

Department for Children, Schools and Families

-120

*

Ofsted

Ofsted

-60

120

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

-20

20

Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science

20

10

Central Science Laboratory

40

-40

Government Decontamination Services

0

0

Marine Fisheries Agency

0

10

Ofwat

10

0

Pesticides Safety Directorate(5)

-180

Rural Payments Agency

-70

60

State Veterinary Service

-10

*

Veterinary Laboratories Agency

-40

0

Veterinary Medicines Directorate

*

0

Export Credits Guarantee Department

Export Credit Guarantee Department

0

-10

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Foreign and Commonwealth Office (excluding agencies)

-20

-10

Wilton Park Executive Agency

*

0

Health

Department of Health (excluding agencies)

*

-10

Food Standards Agency

-10

0

Meat Hygiene Service

-90

-50

Medical and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

10

*

National Healthcare Purchasing and Supplies

*

0

NHS Business Services Authority

-10

0

HM Revenue and Customs

HM Revenue and Customs

-1,350

-1,380

Valuation Office

-180

-40

Home Office

Home Office (excluding agencies)

-150

-50

Assets Recovery Agency(6)

-180

-

Criminal Records Bureau

0

-60

Identity and Passport Service(3)

680

-60

UK Border Agency

-240

*

Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism

30

-40

International Development

Department for International Development

-10

-10

Justice

Ministry of Justice (excluding agencies)

-60

-260

HM Courts Service

270

30

Land Registry

-10

-30

National Archives

20

-10

Public Guardianship Office

-10

20

Tribunals Service

-80

40

Scotland Office

*

0

Wales Office

0

0

Public Sector Prison Service

110

270

Northern Ireland Office

Northern Ireland Office

0

0

Security and Intelligence Services

Security and Intelligence Services

50

150

Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform

40

60

Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service

0

30

Companies House

30

-10

Insolvency Service

30

-40

Office of Fair Trading

-20

10

Office of Gas and Electricity Market

-20

20

Postal Services Commission

10

-10

Transport

Department for Transport

40

0

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

270

-70

Driving Standards Agency

40

10

Government Car and Despatch Agency

*

10

Highways Agency

30

-20

Maritime and Coastguard Agency

-30

-60

Office of Rail Regulation

-10

-10

Vehicle Certification Agency

*

*

Vehicle and Operator Services Agency

40

50

Work and Pensions

DWP Corporate and Shared Services

90

1,130

Child Support Agency

10

-170

Job Centre Plus

80

450

Disability and Carers(7)

-6,270

Pensions and Disability Carers Service(7)

6,340

-580

Health and Safety Executive

180

-50

Rent Service

0

-70

Scottish Government

Scottish Government (excluding agencies)(8)

400

40

Communities Scotland(8)

-350

Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

30

50

Courts Group

*

*

Fisheries Research Services

10

0

General Register Scotland

10

10

HM Inspectorate of Education

10

0

Historic Scotland

80

-110

National Archive for Scotland

10

-10

Office of Accountant in Bankruptcy

10

10

Registers of Scotland

50

0

Scottish Agricultural Scientific Agency(8)

-150

Scottish Buildings Standards Agency(8)

-30

Scottish Court Service

50

10

Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency

0

*

Scottish Prison Service Headquarters

-20

0

Scottish Public Pensions Agency

10

*

Social Work Inspection Agency

0

0

Student Awards Agency

20

-10

Transport Scotland

20

20

Office for the Scottish Charity Regulator

*

0

Mental Health Tribunal Scotland

0

*

Scottish Housing Regulator(9)

60

0

Welsh Assembly

Welsh Assembly Government

-80

0

ESTYN

0

*

Total employment

-800

-700

(1) Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10, and numbers less than five are represented by “*”. Data not available is represented by “—”.
(2) The UK Statistics Authority (the Authority) was established on 1 April 2008, when the ‘Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007’ came into effect. One of the functions of the Authority is to oversee the Office for National Statistics (ONS)—its Executive office. As such, one departmental return has been made for the Authority incorporating ONS.
(3) On 1 April 2008, employees of the General Register Office were transferred from the UK Statistics Authority to the Identity and Passport Service (IPS).
(4) As of 1 April 2008, field interviewers are now classified as civil servants and are included as UK Statistics Authority employees.
(5) On 1 April, the Pesticides Safety Directorate became an Executive agency of the Health and Safety Executive.
(6) As of 1 April 2008, the Assets Recovery Agency merged with the UK’s Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA).
(7) The Disability and Carers Service and the Pension Service are now called the Pension, Disability and Carers Service.
(8) Communities Scotland, Scottish Agricultural Science Agency and Scottish Building Standards Agency were abolished on 1 April 2008. Staff moved into the Scottish Government.
(9) Scottish Housing Regulator was set-up on 1 April 2008.


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