We've got a new @instituteforgov report today looking at how the govt can successfully move civil servants around the country from @sarahjnickson, @AlexGAThomas and I.

See Sarah's thread for our findings ⬇️

And I'm going to put some charts below for context 📊 https://twitter.com/sarahjnickson/status/1326429307871354880
There are civil servants all over the UK, and around 20% of them are in London - but that number has disproportionately grown since 2017.

Govt want to move 22,000 jobs out of London by 2030 - that's just less than a quarter of what is there at the moment.
But of those 20% of civil servants, lots more work in senior roles or policy roles than in other places in the UK - 68% of senior civil servants are based in the capital.
Large, delivery focused departments tend to be the ones with a greater presence in areas outside of London - for example only 9% of DWP staff are in London, compared to Treasury's 97%.
That's because historically civil servants working on policy tend to be based in London. This chart, using data from 2018, shows the balance of different types of work in the civil service in different areas.
But, as you'll see in our report, there are some notable exceptions to these trends, and change is afoot in the civil service.

Read for how the government can make relocating civil service roles out of London a success. https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publications/civil-service-relocation
Moving out: making a success of civil service relocation

The government’s plans to relocate 22,000 civil servants out of London by the end of the decade will benefit civil service recruitment but do little to “level up” the north-south divide.

https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publications/civil-service-relocation
See @ae_baldwin's excellent thread looking specifically at DfT - where it's based and where it might go. The main department is mostly in London, and has a small presence in Hastings too. https://twitter.com/ae_baldwin/status/1326490589056147456
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