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That is according to new figures from the Cabinet Office, which follows a Government pledge to move more bureaucrats away from London to help “level up” the country and bring those who help run it closer to the communities they serve.

But new data shows the workforce has grown more rapidly in the capital than anywhere else, with think tank the Institute for Government saying influential senior officials have historically been the most difficult to move further afield.

The figures show there were around 6,730 civil servants in Sheffield at the end of March – an increase of 590, or 9.6%, from five years ago.

Cladding on the Hanover Tower block in Sheffield being taken down in June 2017 after it failed a fire safety test. Sheffield Council said a single element of covering on the block in Exeter Drive, Broomhall, failed the inspection

Across the UK as a whole, the civil service expanded by 3.9% to 456,400 workers.

Across Yorkshire and the Humber, the workforce grew by 4.4% – the third-highest rate of England's nine regions.

London saw a growth rate of 16%, with its civil servant headcount now making up around a fifth of the UK total.

The figures include civil servants working for government departments, agencies, and non-departmental public bodies in both the UK and regional governments, where they help to develop and implement policies.

South Yorkshre Fire Service gave advice and held demonstrations on chip pan fire safety at an event in Firth Park last year

In March, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak pledged to relocate 22,000 civil servants from London by 2030.

Cabinet Office Minister Michael Gove recently said that moving government decision-making away from the capital would help “reflect the full diversity of our United Kingdom”.

City civil service ranks grow

The Institute for Government says there are some signs dominance is beginning to shift away from the city, with the biggest growth in civil service employment seen in the South West of England in the last year.

But Sarah Nickson, a researcher at the group, said higher-ranking officials – who tend to be more concentrated in London – have been harder to budge in the past.

She added: “Senior policy jobs are the kind that are needed to shift the dial on decision-making.

“And even once jobs have been relocated, you need a sustained effort to keep them there, and stop them shifting back to London.”

A Cabinet Office spokesman said: "Decision makers should be close to the people they serve and we want to see opportunity fairly distributed across the country.

"These statistics show there are now more civil servants than last year in Scotland, Wales, the Midlands, the South West, the North West and Yorkshire and Humberside.

"But we are not complacent and will continue our work to make sure the civil service represents the whole of the UK, which is why we’ve committed to relocating civil service roles out of central London."

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