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WQ.293/2025
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE CHAIR OF THE STATES EMPLOYMENT BOARD
BY DEPUTY M.B. ANDREWS OF ST. HELIER NORTH
QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 30th JUNE 2025
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 7th JULY 2025
Question
"Further to the response to Written Question 257/2025, in which it was stated that there had been "a rise of more than 50% in the cost of running the public sector" since 2018, will the Chair provide –
- the headcount of all Government employees, broken down by salary band, for each year since 2018; and
- details of any actions under consideration to reduce staff numbers and costs?"
Answer
- The table below shows Government employees, broken down by Full Time Equivalent (FTE) and salary band, at 1st January of each year since 2018.
Grade Band | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
CS1 - CS5 and Equivalent | 819 | 818 | 826 | 916 | 881 | 899 | 883 | 930 |
CS6 - CS8 and Equivalent | 1833 | 1823 | 1862 | 2002 | 2077 | 2207 | 2298 | 2367 |
CS9 - CS11 and Equivalent | 2448 | 2436 | 2497 | 2658 | 2718 | 2897 | 3123 | 3310 |
CS12 - C14 and Equivalent | 597 | 663 | 687 | 687 | 761 | 862 | 978 | 1032 |
CS15+ and Equivalent | 333 | 344 | 361 | 368 | 406 | 399 | 426 | 440 |
Grand Total | 6031 | 6084 | 6233 | 6631 | 6843 | 7264 | 7708 | 8079 |
- The Council of Ministers will continue to reprioritise and reduce spend.
The external recruitment freeze and restrictions on the use of consultancy will remain in place until at least March 2026. The results, so far, are as follows:
• If we had not introduced a recruitment freeze in August last year and growth had continued as before, then it is likely that we would be about 325 FTE higher in May 2025 than we actually are. Officials estimate that this is up to £23m per year avoided for now and future years.
• In the last six months, total roles have begun to stabilise with only a 43 FTE total rise, despite 76 FTE more posts in Health Care Jersey and Children, Young People, Education and Skills. Back- office departments are getting smaller.
• Consultancy and temporary staffing spend has dropped by £29m between 2023 and 2024 and that trend is expected to continue into 2025.