Facts and figures is the place to visit to get any key statistics you need about the Civil Service.
We put the record straight about some common perceptions of the Civil Service in Mythbusters [Archived content].
You can find out the latest figures on Civil Service staffing, with comparisons against past figures, in statistics.
The latest Civil Service statistics reports are also available and you can find historic reports from 1970 to 2010 in the statistics archive [Archived content].
And to give a complete overview of the Civil Service, we list our departments, agencies and NDPBs. You can use the links in this list to find out what the different organisations do.