AQW 43053/22-27 – NI Civil Service

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Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister of Finance to detail the number of civil servants employed in each Department, as of 1 January 2026.

Minister of Finance: The requested information is shown in Table 1 below.

Table 1: Number of Civil Servants employed in each Department, as of 1 January 2026.

Department1Number of Civil Servants(Headcount)
DAERA3,574
DfC7,883
DfE1,218
DE539
DoF3,501
DoH602
DfI2,946
DoJ3,400
PPS445
TEO444
Total224,679

1 Figures include staff recruited for the Department for Communities working on a Department for Work and Pensions contract.

2 Staff in Health and Safety Executive for NI and the Office of the Attorney General for NI are included in the NICS total only.

ENDS