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Written question asked by Liam Fox (Conservative) on Monday, 24 April 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 26 April 2023. It was answered by Jeremy Quin (Conservative) on Wednesday, 3 May 2023 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

Civil Servants: Dismissal

Question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many employees have been dismissed from the civil service in each of the last 10 years.

Answer

The number of dismissals in the Civil Service for each of the last 10 years are shown in the table below. The number of dismissals for the year ending 31 March 2023 are scheduled for release on 26 July 2023 as part of the National Statistics bulletin Civil Service Statistics 2023. The number of staff leaving, by leaving cause, is published as one of the standard tables and all of the dismissal data presented in the answer is already in the public domain.

Table 1: Number of dismissals in the Civil Service, 2012/13 to 2021/22

Year ending

Number

31 March 2013

2,390

31 March 2014

2,340

31 March 2015

2,460

31 March 2016

2,570

31 March 2017

2,590

31 March 2018

2,220

31 March 2019

2,360

31 March 2020

2,570

31 March 2021

1,880

31 March 2022

1,950

Source: Annual Civil Service Employment Survey, Cabinet Office

Figures rounded to nearest 10

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
182213
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Civil servants Dismissal
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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