FOI reference: FOI-2025-3138
You asked
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information:
How many civil servants in the department used/benefitted from a salary sacrifice scheme in the 2023-24 and 2024-25 tax years. Please provide total figures for each tax year.
How much salary was sacrificed by civil servants in the department using/benefitting from salary sacrifice schemes in the 2023-24 and 2024-25 tax years. Please provide total figures for each tax year.
We said
Thank you for your request.
The requested data for civil servants employed by the UK Statistics Authority and its executive arms, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).
Number of civil servants in a salary sacrifice scheme by tax year:
2023 to 2024 – 177
2024 to 2025 – 142
Total value of salary sacrificed in tax year:
2023 to 2024 – £136,780.46
2024 to 2025 – £98,244.34