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Status Year Age Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 16-19 Attorney General’s Departments [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 16-19 Cabinet Office [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 16-19 Chancellor’s other departments [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 16-19 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 30 30 [c] [c]
In post 2021 16-19 Department for Education [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 16-19 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 16-19 Department for International Trade [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 16-19 Department for Transport 50 40 20770 20900
In post 2021 16-19 Department for Work and Pensions 200 200 22650 21010
In post 2021 16-19 Department of Health and Social Care 30 30 [c] [c]
In post 2021 16-19 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 16-19 HM Land Registry [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 16-19 HM Revenue and Customs 240 230 20670 20140
In post 2021 16-19 HM Treasury [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 16-19 Home Office 80 70 22340 21430
In post 2021 16-19 Ministry of Defence 250 250 18760 17780
In post 2021 16-19 Ministry of Justice 150 150 21800 20600
In post 2021 16-19 National Crime Agency [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 16-19 Office for Standards in Education [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 16-19 Office of Rail and Road [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 16-19 Other Cabinet Office Agencies [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 16-19 Scotland Office [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 16-19 Scottish Government 100 100 21190 21150
In post 2021 16-19 The National Archives [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 16-19 United Kingdom Statistics Authority [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 16-19 Welsh Government [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 20-29 Attorney General’s Departments 1320 1300 30180 26970
In post 2021 20-29 Cabinet Office 3400 3390 33960 29250
In post 2021 20-29 Chancellor’s other departments 80 80 35780 34030
In post 2021 20-29 Charity Commission 50 50 [c] [c]
In post 2021 20-29 Competition and Markets Authority 150 150 38650 33610
In post 2021 20-29 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 2910 2900 36090 33570
In post 2021 20-29 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 680 670 41060 34840
In post 2021 20-29 Department for Education 1610 1600 35480 32940
In post 2021 20-29 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 1940 1920 30590 29180
In post 2021 20-29 Department for International Trade 950 950 37340 33000
In post 2021 20-29 Department for Transport 2230 2180 30280 27680
In post 2021 20-29 Department for Work and Pensions 10540 10350 26690 27570
In post 2021 20-29 Department of Health and Social Care 2690 2610 32710 31390
In post 2021 20-29 ESTYN [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 20-29 Food Standards Agency 110 110 32770 32350
In post 2021 20-29 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 1480 1480 34620 33930
In post 2021 20-29 HM Land Registry 1110 1090 25370 22350
In post 2021 20-29 HM Revenue and Customs 10330 10100 26860 25560
In post 2021 20-29 HM Treasury 1050 1040 38510 32960
In post 2021 20-29 Home Office 5280 5150 28310 24890
In post 2021 20-29 Ministry of Defence 7590 7540 28520 27540
In post 2021 20-29 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 720 720 36300 33210
In post 2021 20-29 Ministry of Justice 14040 13850 25830 24620
In post 2021 20-29 National Crime Agency 940 940 31970 32260
In post 2021 20-29 Northern Ireland Office [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 20-29 Office for Standards in Education 160 150 28760 25880
In post 2021 20-29 Office of Gas and Electricity Markets 350 340 31040 29160
In post 2021 20-29 Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 20-29 Office of Rail and Road [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 20-29 Other Cabinet Office Agencies 170 170 30100 27770
In post 2021 20-29 Scotland Office [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 20-29 Scottish Government 3470 3410 27520 26160
In post 2021 20-29 The National Archives 80 70 26800 23960
In post 2021 20-29 UK Export Finance 70 70 35960 33000
In post 2021 20-29 UK Supreme Court [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 20-29 United Kingdom Statistics Authority 1220 1190 29860 29540
In post 2021 20-29 Wales Office [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 20-29 Water Services Regulation Authority [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 20-29 Welsh Government 560 550 26990 23830
In post 2021 30-39 Attorney General’s Departments 2170 2050 44940 50020
In post 2021 30-39 Cabinet Office 2370 2320 49080 54700
In post 2021 30-39 Chancellor’s other departments 100 100 57930 52390
In post 2021 30-39 Charity Commission 110 100 34770 29160
In post 2021 30-39 Competition and Markets Authority 300 290 59800 56630
In post 2021 30-39 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 3440 3320 42390 40050
In post 2021 30-39 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 610 590 52420 52070
In post 2021 30-39 Department for Education 2140 2050 44050 40940
In post 2021 30-39 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2490 2350 36390 35900
In post 2021 30-39 Department for International Trade 740 740 49740 51970
In post 2021 30-39 Department for Transport 3690 3440 32960 26780
In post 2021 30-39 Department for Work and Pensions 15160 13900 27880 27570
In post 2021 30-39 Department of Health and Social Care 2790 2630 43390 40470
In post 2021 30-39 ESTYN [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 30-39 Food Standards Agency 260 250 38280 37910
In post 2021 30-39 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 2330 2300 46760 48500
In post 2021 30-39 HM Land Registry 900 850 29860 27130
In post 2021 30-39 HM Revenue and Customs 13980 13270 31230 26980
In post 2021 30-39 HM Treasury 740 720 55190 56840
In post 2021 30-39 Home Office 8580 8090 32030 26910
In post 2021 30-39 Ministry of Defence 10510 10140 35100 33300
In post 2021 30-39 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 870 830 45910 47660
In post 2021 30-39 Ministry of Justice 18280 17290 29240 26810
In post 2021 30-39 National Crime Agency 1280 1250 38210 36740
In post 2021 30-39 Northern Ireland Office 50 50 47050 40500
In post 2021 30-39 Office for Standards in Education 400 390 41570 39070
In post 2021 30-39 Office of Gas and Electricity Markets 410 400 45380 41910
In post 2021 30-39 Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation 90 80 43030 38760
In post 2021 30-39 Office of Rail and Road 90 90 50380 51310
In post 2021 30-39 Other Cabinet Office Agencies 280 270 36970 34800
In post 2021 30-39 Scotland Office 40 40 [c] [c]
In post 2021 30-39 Scottish Government 5350 5130 35480 32930
In post 2021 30-39 The National Archives 110 110 34520 34260
In post 2021 30-39 UK Export Finance 90 90 52590 50120
In post 2021 30-39 UK Supreme Court [c] [c] [c] [c]
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Notes: Summary figures are suppressed when information relates to less than 30 civil servants for FTE or Headcount, and less than 50 civil servants for median and mean salary (shown as [c]). Additionally, zero responses have been suppressed for GPDR protected characteristics. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10, or £10 as appropriate.

Data source: All figures are aggregated from the Cabinet Office Annual Civil Service Employment Survey collection.

Version: Generated on 2022-07-26, with GIT 03ee02c.

Data column Description
Status Employment status of the civil servants.
In post - includes staff that were in post on the reference date (31 March).
New entrant CS - includes new entrants to the Civil Service over the year (1 April to 31 March).
Leaver CS - includes leavers from the Civil Service over the year (1 April to 31 March). This includes employees who have an Unknown leaving cause.
Leaver Dept. - includes leavers from the department over the year (1 April to 31 March), who did not leave the Civil Service.
Organisation specific notes on status: In late June 2021 around 7,000 employees from Community Rehabilitation Companies were transferred in from the private sector to HM Prison and Probation Service, counting as entrants. The Defence Electronics and Components Agency does not record the date in which their employees first enter the Civil Service and so entrants data is not available. HM Land Registry do not record where their departing employees transfer to and so are unable to identify those that transfer to another Civil Service department.
Year Year of data collection (as at March 31st).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures include Executive Agencies, Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments.
On 30 September 2021, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government changed it’s name to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
Age Age in 10 year bands.
Headcount Total number of civil servants (rounded to nearest 10).
FTE Total full-time equivalent employment numbers (rounded to nearest 10).
Mean_salary Average salary (mean, rounded to nearest £10). For part-time employees, salaries represent the full-time equivalent earnings, while for full-time employees they are the actual annual gross salaries.
Median_salary Median salary (rounded to nearest £10). For part-time employees, salaries represent the full-time equivalent earnings, while for full-time employees they are the actual annual gross salaries.