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WQ.192/2025
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE CHAIR OF THE STATES EMPLOYMENT BOARD
BY DEPUTY M.B. ANDREWS OF ST HELIER NORTH
QUESTION SUBMITTED ON TUESDAY 6th MAY 2025
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON WEDNESDAY 14th MAY 2025
Question
"Further to the public sector recruitment freeze aimed at non-essential, non-frontline and more senior posts, will the Chair advise –
- the number of staff employed at Grade 7 and above in 2024;
- the number of senior posts that have been removed; and
- the anticipated reduction in staff numbers across the public sector as a consequence of the recruitment freeze?"
Answer
- The below table shows the number of staff employed at Grade 7 (or equivalent) and above at 31 December 2024. The data uses Full Time Equivalent, so it includes staff on part-time contracts.
Department | Headcount |
Cabinet Office | 209 |
Children, Young People, Edu & Skills | 2177 |
Department for the Economy | 72 |
Department of External Relations | 16 |
Digital Services | 196 |
Employment, Social Security and Housing | 262 |
Health and Care Jersey | 1797 |
Infrastructure and Environment | 539 |
Justice and Home Affairs | 712 |
Non-executives and legislature | 278 |
People Services | 138 |
Treasury and Exchequer | 342 |
Grand Total | 6738 |
- To date, the following seven senior posts have been removed:
• Chief Education Officer and Director for Education
• Chief of Staff
• Director of Delivery and Improvement, Cabinet Office
• Director of Financial Crime Strategy
• Director of Improvement and Transformation, CYPES
• Group Director of Customer Services
• Group Director, Economy
- In the first instance, the primary aim of the recruitment freeze is to halt the growth in the Public Sector. At the start of the recruitment freeze, 1,000 unfilled vacancies were taken out of the system.