Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 121802

Cabinet Office: Ministers' Private Offices

Tabled: 18 March 2026
Answered: 31 March 2026

Question

Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

LabourSlough

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average staffing complement is for a ministerial private office within their Department; what grades those staff are appointed at; what the typical remuneration and contracted working hours are for thos

Answer

Satvir Kaur
The average size of a ministerial private office is 5, although some private office staff are shared between two ministers, working for both. Private office staff are found at all civil service grades from EO to SCS1. Over the last 12 months there has bee...

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