Central Government - 4,466 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.