Central Government - 3,930 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 organisations738
Number of contacts3930
Number of email addresses2174

Data typeOrganisation typeContact count
Central Government/Civil ServiceCabinet Office 82
Central Government/Civil ServiceCrown Prosecution Service 146
Central Government/Civil ServiceDepartment for Business Enterprise and Regula 218
Central Government/Civil ServiceDepartment for Children Schools and Families 156
Central Government/Civil ServiceDepartment for Communities and Local Governme 249
Central Government/Civil ServiceDepartment for Constitutional Affairs 12
Central Government/Civil ServiceDepartment for Culture Media and Sport 300
Central Government/Civil ServiceDepartment for Environment Food & Rural Affai 286
Central Government/Civil ServiceDepartment for Innovation Universities and Sk 15
Central Government/Civil ServiceDepartment for International Development 10
Central Government/Civil ServiceDepartment for Transport 116
Central Government/Civil ServiceDepartment for Work and Pensions 107
Central Government/Civil ServiceDepartment of Health 244
Central Government/Civil ServiceExports Credits Guarantee Dept 6
Central Government/Civil ServiceForeign & Commonwealth Office 53
Central Government/Civil ServiceHM Revenues and Customs 29
Central Government/Civil ServiceHM Treasury 76
Central Government/Civil ServiceHome Office 138
Central Government/Civil ServiceHouse of Lords/House of Commons 17
Central Government/Civil ServiceMinistry of Defence 252
Central Government/Civil ServiceMinistry of Justice 175
Central Government/Civil ServiceNIE - Agricultural & Rural Development 45
Central Government/Civil ServiceNIE - Culture Arts and Leisure 34
Central Government/Civil ServiceNIE - Education 16
Central Government/Civil ServiceNIE - Employment and Learning 23
Central Government/Civil ServiceNIE - Enterprise Trade and Investment 16
Central Government/Civil ServiceNIE - Environment 55
Central Government/Civil ServiceNIE - Finance & Personnel 59
Central Government/Civil ServiceNIE - First Minister & Deputy First Minister 19
Central Government/Civil ServiceNIE - Health Social Services & Public Safety 23
Central Government/Civil ServiceNIE - Regional Development 21
Central Government/Civil ServiceNIE - Social Development 29
Central Government/Civil ServiceNon-Ministerial Body 121
Central Government/Civil ServiceNorthern Ireland Office 67
Central Government/Civil ServiceOffice for National Statistics 20
Central Government/Civil ServiceOffshore Island Council 48
Central Government/Civil ServiceOther Organisation 95
Central Government/Civil ServicePolice Authority 7
Central Government/Civil ServicePolitical/Parliamentary Organisations 11
Central Government/Civil ServicePrime Minister's Office 2
Central Government/Civil ServiceRegulators and Ombudsmen 14
Central Government/Civil ServiceResearch Council 21
Central Government/Civil ServiceScottish Courts Administration 11
Central Government/Civil ServiceScottish Executive 381
Central Government/Civil ServiceTreasury Solicitor/Procurator Genrl 5
Central Government/Civil ServiceWelsh Assembly Government 100
Total3930

SectorCategoryContact count
-Chief Executive 730
-Top Level Director 993
Administration/PlanningCentral Administrative Services 30
Administration/PlanningCorporate/Strategic/Policy Planning 352
Administration/PlanningCustomer Services 34
Administration/PlanningElectoral Registration 1
Administration/PlanningFreedom of Information 246
Administration/PlanningOperational Services 63
Administration/PlanningPrinting / Reprographics 1
Administration/PlanningQuality Assurance 5
Building & EngineeringDirect Service Operations 1
Building & EngineeringTechnical Services 1
CommunicationsCall Centre 1
CommunicationsPublic Relations/Marketing 262
Economic DevelopmentEconomic Planning 7
Economic DevelopmentIndustrial Development 2
EducationAcademic Services 2
EducationEducation - Adult / Lifelong Learning 2
EducationEducation - Overall Responsibility 3
EducationEducation - Strategy 7
EducationEducation - Travel Planning 1
Emergency ServicesEmergency Planning 6
Emergency ServicesEmergency Services 11
Emergency ServicesFire Service 2
EnvironmentalEnvironmental Services - Overall Responsibili 2
EnvironmentalGreen/Conservation/Sustainability 8
EnvironmentalLicensing 2
EnvironmentalRefuse Collection 1
EnvironmentalRefuse Disposal 1
FinancialCentral Audit Services 1
FinancialCentral Financial Services 412
FinancialCentral Financial Services - Accounting 6
FinancialCentral Financial Services - Pensions 1
FinancialCentral Financial Services - Revenues 2
FinancialCouncil Tax/Rating/Valuation 1
FinancialDepartmental Finance 1
FinancialSS Finance 1
HealthCemeteries and Crematoria 1
HealthCommunity Safety 4
HealthMedical Services 3
HealthNursing Services 1
HealthPrimary Care 1
HealthPublic Health 4
Heritage/MuseumsMuseums & Art Galleries 26
HousingHousing - Care and Support 2
HousingHousing - Management/Tenant Services 2
HousingHousing - Overall Responsibility 3
HousingHousing - Private Sector 1
HousingHousing - Regeneration 2
IT/ComputingCentral Computing 533
IT/ComputingCentral Computing - Internet 2
IT/ComputingDepartmental Computing 2
IT/ComputingeGovernment 11
IT/ComputingG.I.S. 1
IT/ComputingNetwork Management 21
IT/ComputingSS Computing 1
IT/ComputingTelecommunications 4
Land/Property/EstatesEnergy Management 3
Land/Property/EstatesFacilities/Property Management 148
Land/Property/EstatesFleet/Transport Management 1
Land/Property/EstatesSecurity 2
Legal/Law and OrderCentral Legal Services 23
Library/InformationArchives 5
Library/InformationLibrary Services 29
Library/InformationResearch/Information/Records Mgmnt 135
Partnership/Co-ordinationCommunity Services / Development 5
Partnership/Co-ordinationEconomic/Community Regeneration 8
Partnership/Co-ordinationEuropean Liaison 3
Partnership/Co-ordinationService Co-ordination & Partnerships 4
Partnership/Co-ordinationTourism Promotion 7
Personnel/Human ResourcesCentral Personnel Services 374
Personnel/Human ResourcesEquality Issues 7
Purchasing/ProcurementCentral Contract Management 2
Purchasing/ProcurementCentral Purchasing of Supplies 115
Recreation/SportsArts 4
Recreation/SportsRecreation/Leisure - Sports 1
Recreation/SportsRecreation/Leisure Services 3
Regulation/ControlBuilding Control 1
Regulation/ControlTown & Country Planning 6
Regulation/ControlTrading Standards 5
Social Security/WelfareBenefits 1
Social ServicesSocial Services 10
Social ServicesSS Adult Services 1
Social ServicesSS Area/District Officer 1
Social ServicesSS Children's Services 6
Social ServicesSS Community Care 1
Social ServicesSS Families Services 2
Social ServicesSS Mental Health Services 2
Social ServicesSS Physical Disabilities 1
Social ServicesSS Planning and Development 1
TrainingCentral Staff Training 240
Transport/HighwaysCar Parks (Off-Street) 1
Transport/HighwaysHighways - Client 1
Transport/HighwaysHighways - Traffic Management 1
Transport/HighwaysPublic Transport Subsidies 1
Transport/HighwaysTransport Planning 5
De-duplicated total3930

RegionContact count
- 3
Channel Islands 55
East Midlands 98
Eastern 130
London 1567
North East 61
North West 117
Northern Ireland 417
Scotland 453
South East 302
South West 249
Wales 223
West Midlands 125
Yorkshire and the Humber 130
Total3930

SeniorityContact count
Main Address 732
Chairman 13
Chief Executive/Equivalent 730
Top Level/Director 993
Second Level/Assistant Director/Head of Servi 1076
Third Level/Head of Service/Manager 177
Fourth Level/Manager 1
Unspecified 206
- 2
Total3930