Whitehall Monitor 2024: How the civil service changed in 2023

Analysis of how the civil service continued to change in 2023 - including its size, structure, turnover and budgets. Part 1 of this report analyses how the civil service is changing and, particularly, the trends that drove this change in 2023. It covers six key themes: Size and turnover of the civil service, Structure and location of the civil service, Budgets and major projects, Morale, pay and industrial relations, Diversity, and Transparency. By understanding how the civil service continued to change in 2023, we can identify ongoing workforce and governance problems that should be the target of long-term reforms to the civil service – the subject of Part 2 of the report. Part 2 covers The civil service workforce, The centre of government, Civil service–ministerial relations, Policy making, Digital, data and AI, and Resilience and preparedness.