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New structure charts give insight into organisation of Government 

CAB 166-10
15 October 2010

As part of its ongoing drive to make the Government more accountable, the Cabinet Office has published new details about civil servants working at the heart of government.

Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office, today asked departments to publish for the first time structure charts setting out details of the number and grade of staff working in different teams. In June the Cabinet Office published its chart showing the structure for senior staff, but this has now been updated to include team numbers.

The structure charts show:

Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office, who chairs the Government’s Public Sector Transparency Board, said the announcement reaffirms the government’s commitment to opening up unprecedented levels of data.

Francis Maude, Minister for the Cabinet Office, said:

"Today we have published detailed organisational charts showing how many people work in every branch and level of central government. For the first time anyone who wants to can see at a glance how many people work in any team in any department, giving an unrivalled insight into the way government works.

"Although I know these charts are not yet perfect, I believe that it is better that we publish the data we have as soon as we can in order to be as open as possible. Over the coming weeks even more data will be added and further details released so that the public can really hold us  to account for how the government spends their money."

Notes to Editors

  1. Departmental structure charts also be found on the Cabinet Office website, Directgov and www.number10.gov.uk and on individual departmental websites.
  2. The structure charts show:
    1. The names, title and salary for all senior civil servants at director level and above
    2. The title of all senior civil servants at deputy director level, along with the number of staff in each team and the breakdown of their grades. The cost of each team will be published shortly.
  3. The public can now cross reference salary data which exists in the department CSV files with the organisation charts which are in PDF format.
  4. The salaries of Senior Civil Servants earning £150,000 or more can be found at www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk. 
  5. The Prime Minister announced the new Public Sector Transparency Board on 1 June. It is based at the Cabinet Office and is chaired by the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Francis Maude.
  6. The other Board members are: Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, Professor Nigel Shadbolt of Southampton University, an expert on open data, Tom Steinberg, founder of mySociety, and Dr Rufus Pollock of Cambridge University. For further details on the Board, see www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk.
  7. The remit of Transparency Board is to support and challenge public sector bodies to deliver and implement the Government’s transparency and open data agenda; set open data standards across the public sector; further develop the Right to Data and advise on its implementation in conjunction with the Ministry of Justice; and drive through the publication of further datasets on the basis of public demand ensuring that any data published is made available in an open format so that it can be re-used by third parties.
  8. Data will also be released through www.data.gov.uk.
  9. Contact the relevant departmental press office with any questions about their structure charts.

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