Central Government - 4,155 contacts:

The Civil Service is responsible for the management of the Government Departments and their associated Agencies and other Public Bodies. Implementing the policies determined by elected Members of Parliament and feeding back information and advice. The Civil Service has no political bias and is unaffected by elections or ministerial changes. The total workforce represents approximately 10% of the workforce within the Public Sector.

The Central Government database covers Civil Servants across all Ministerial, non-Ministerial and Devolved Government Departments, plus Executive Agencies, Executive NDPB’s plus some key GOCO's - Government Owned Contractor Operated organisations and a number of other Public Bodies (these organisations are listed by their parent department). Government Offices for the Regions are also included in this part of the database, these organisations provide the link between Central Government and Local Authorities.

Contacts listed are Chief Officers, many of the Top Level/Director Generals and Directors plus a significant number of key functional contacts.

The following is a breakdown of the Oscar database firstly by coverage of key fields and then by the 4 key selection areas of the database.

Field coverageCount
Number of organisations694
Number of contacts4155
Number of email addresses2829

Organisation typeContact count
Central Government/Civil ServiceCabinet Office 59
Central Government/Civil ServiceCrown Prosecution Service 100
Central Government/Civil ServiceDepartment for Business Innovation and Skills 289
Central Government/Civil ServiceDepartment for Children Schools and Families 133
Central Government/Civil ServiceDepartment for Communities and Local Government 269
Central Government/Civil ServiceDepartment for Culture Media and Sport 379
Central Government/Civil ServiceDepartment for Environment Food & Rural Affairs 308
Central Government/Civil ServiceDepartment for International Development 12
Central Government/Civil ServiceDepartment for Transport 155
Central Government/Civil ServiceDepartment for Work and Pensions 113
Central Government/Civil ServiceDepartment of Energy and Climate Change 12
Central Government/Civil ServiceDepartment of Health 225
Central Government/Civil ServiceExports Credits Guarantee Dept 7
Central Government/Civil ServiceForeign & Commonwealth Office 72
Central Government/Civil ServiceHM Revenues and Customs 20
Central Government/Civil ServiceHM Treasury 84
Central Government/Civil ServiceHome Office 108
Central Government/Civil ServiceHouse of Lords/House of Commons 18
Central Government/Civil ServiceIsle of Man Government 61
Central Government/Civil ServiceMinistry of Defence 206
Central Government/Civil ServiceMinistry of Justice 190
Central Government/Civil ServiceNIE - Agricultural & Rural Development 35
Central Government/Civil ServiceNIE - Culture Arts and Leisure 36
Central Government/Civil ServiceNIE - Education 13
Central Government/Civil ServiceNIE - Employment and Learning 17
Central Government/Civil ServiceNIE - Enterprise Trade and Investment 13
Central Government/Civil ServiceNIE - Environment 47
Central Government/Civil ServiceNIE - Finance & Personnel 45
Central Government/Civil ServiceNIE - First Minister & Deputy First Minister 14
Central Government/Civil ServiceNIE - Health Social Services & Public Safety 13
Central Government/Civil ServiceNIE - Regional Development 22
Central Government/Civil ServiceNIE - Social Development 18
Central Government/Civil ServiceNon-Ministerial Body 217
Central Government/Civil ServiceNorthern Ireland Office 54
Central Government/Civil ServiceOffice for National Statistics 18
Central Government/Civil ServiceOffshore Island Council 47
Central Government/Civil ServiceOther Organisation 97
Central Government/Civil ServicePolice Authority 23
Central Government/Civil ServicePolitical/Parliamentary Organisations 9
Central Government/Civil ServicePrime Minister''s Office 1
Central Government/Civil ServiceRegulators and Ombudsmen 65
Central Government/Civil ServiceResearch Council 64
Central Government/Civil ServiceScottish Courts Administration 9
Central Government/Civil ServiceScottish Executive 403
Central Government/Civil ServiceTreasury Solicitor/Procurator Genrl 5
Central Government/Civil ServiceWelsh Assembly Government 103
De-duplicated total4155

CategoriesContact count
-Chairman 39
-Chief Executive 699
-Top Level Director 1443
-Second Level / Head of Service 1445
Administration/PlanningCentral Administrative Services 55
Administration/PlanningCorporate/Strategic/Policy Planning 445
Administration/PlanningCustomer Services 49
Administration/PlanningElectoral Registration 2
Administration/PlanningFreedom of Information 216
Administration/PlanningMembers Services 1
Administration/PlanningOperational Services 117
Administration/PlanningPrinting / Reprographics 2
Administration/PlanningQuality Assurance 18
Adult ServicesArea/District Officer 1
Adult ServicesCommunity Care 1
Adult ServicesLifelong Learning 3
Adult ServicesMental Health Services 2
Adult ServicesOverall Responsibility 1
Adult ServicesPhysical Disabilities 1
Adult ServicesPlanning/Development 1
Adult ServicesSocial Care 12
Building & EngineeringArchitectural Services 1
Building & EngineeringDirect Service Operations 2
Building & EngineeringTechnical Services 2
Childrens ServicesEducational Strategy 18
Childrens ServicesFamily Services 2
Childrens ServicesOverall Responsibility 4
Childrens ServicesSchool Admissions 1
Childrens ServicesSchool Travel Planning 1
Childrens ServicesSchools Inspection 3
Childrens ServicesSocial Care 9
CommunicationsCall Centre 1
CommunicationsHealth Promotion 3
CommunicationsInternational Relations/Marketing 1
CommunicationsPublic Relations/Marketing 343
Economic DevelopmentEconomic Planning 17
Economic DevelopmentIndustrial Development 1
EducationAcademic Services 9
EmergencyEmergency Planning 6
EmergencyEmergency Services 11
EmergencyFire Service 2
EnvironmentalEnvironmental Services - Overall Responsibility 3
EnvironmentalGreen/Conservation/Sustainability 13
EnvironmentalRecycling Education/Promotion 1
EnvironmentalRefuse Collection 2
EnvironmentalRefuse Disposal 3
FinancialAdult Services - Finance 1
FinancialCentral Audit Services 5
FinancialCentral Financial Services 472
FinancialCentral Financial Services - Accounting 11
FinancialCentral Financial Services - Payroll 2
FinancialCentral Financial Services - Pensions 3
FinancialCentral Financial Services - Revenues 3
FinancialCouncil Tax/Rating/Valuation 1
FinancialDepartmental Finance 1
HealthCemeteries and Crematoria 1
HealthCommunity Safety 6
HealthMedical Services 6
HealthNursing Services 5
HealthPrimary Care 2
HealthPublic Health 6
Heritage/MuseumsMuseums & Art Galleries 35
HousingCare/Support/Homelessness 1
HousingDevelopment 1
HousingManagement/Tenant Services 5
HousingOverall Responsibility 3
HousingRegeneration 1
IT/ComputingAdult Services - IT/Computing 1
IT/ComputingCentral Computing 513
IT/ComputingCentral Computing - Information Management 30
IT/ComputingCentral Computing - Internet 1
IT/ComputingCentral Computing - Security 2
IT/ComputingDepartmental Computing 3
IT/ComputingeGovernment 9
IT/ComputingG.I.S. 2
IT/ComputingNetwork Management 22
IT/ComputingTelecommunications 4
Land/Property/EstatesEnergy Management 4
Land/Property/EstatesFacilities/Property Management 251
Land/Property/EstatesFleet/Transport Management 1
Land/Property/EstatesHealth and Safety (Internal) 3
Land/Property/EstatesHospital Management 1
Land/Property/EstatesSecurity 3
Legal/Law and OrderCentral Legal Services 228
Library/InformationArchives 9
Library/InformationLibrary Services 30
Library/InformationResearch/Information/Records Mgmnt 157
Medical/ClinicalAcute 1
Medical/ClinicalClinical Lead 7
Medical/ClinicalOncology 1
Medical/ClinicalWomen/Children 1
Partnership/Co-ordinationCommunity Services / Development 6
Partnership/Co-ordinationEconomic/Community Regeneration 7
Partnership/Co-ordinationEuropean Liaison 3
Partnership/Co-ordinationService Co-ordination & Partnerships 11
Partnership/Co-ordinationTourism Promotion 10
Personnel/Human ResourcesCentral Personnel Services 439
Personnel/Human ResourcesEquality Issues 7
Purchasing/ProcurementCentral Contract Management 5
Purchasing/ProcurementCentral Purchasing of Supplies 158
Purchasing/ProcurementCommissioning Services 3
Purchasing/ProcurementDepartmental Purchasing/Contracts 1
Recreation/SportsArts 5
Recreation/SportsPublic Parks/Grounds Maintenance 1
Recreation/SportsRecreation/Leisure - Sports 3
Recreation/SportsRecreation/Leisure Services 7
Regulation/ControlBuilding Control 2
Regulation/ControlLicensing 10
Regulation/ControlT&C Planning 9
Regulation/ControlTrading Standards 5
Social Security/WelfareBenefits 2
TrainingCentral Staff Training 251
TrainingDepartmental Training 1
Transport/HighwaysCar Parks (Off-Street) 1
Transport/HighwaysHighways - Client 12
Transport/HighwaysHighways - Contractor/Consultant 1
Transport/HighwaysHighways - Design & Engineering 5
Transport/HighwaysHighways - Maintenance 2
Transport/HighwaysHighways - Traffic Management 2
Transport/HighwaysPublic Transport Subsidies 1
Transport/HighwaysTransport Planning 35
De-duplicated total4155

RegionContact count
Channel Islands 54
East Midlands 107
Eastern 139
Isle of Man 61
London 1593
North East 59
North West 153
Northern Ireland 341
Scotland 504
South East 271
South West 284
Wales 232
West Midlands 247
Yorkshire and the Humber 110
Total4155

SeniorityContact count
Chairman 39
Chief Executive/Equivalent 699
Top Level/Director 1444
Second Level/Assistant Director/Head of Servi 1445
Third Level/Head of Service/Manager 250
Fourth Level/Manager 4
Unspecified 274
Total4155