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Status Year Responsibility_level Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 AA/AO Attorney General’s Departments 1540 1410 22310 21950
In post 2021 AA/AO Cabinet Office 560 520 21810 20920
In post 2021 AA/AO Chancellor’s other departments [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Charity Commission [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Competition and Markets Authority [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 1500 1380 21630 20880
In post 2021 AA/AO Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Department for Education 110 100 21880 21000
In post 2021 AA/AO Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2040 1860 21520 21050
In post 2021 AA/AO Department for International Trade 40 30 [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Department for Transport 5700 4960 21800 21590
In post 2021 AA/AO Department for Work and Pensions 29600 25350 21180 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Department of Health and Social Care 980 870 21320 21570
In post 2021 AA/AO ESTYN [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Food Standards Agency [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 600 580 25550 24750
In post 2021 AA/AO HM Land Registry 1850 1750 22470 22350
In post 2021 AA/AO HM Revenue and Customs 21600 18730 20760 20140
In post 2021 AA/AO HM Treasury 70 70 22490 22500
In post 2021 AA/AO Home Office 8330 7380 21990 21430
In post 2021 AA/AO Ministry of Defence 15920 15300 22810 20920
In post 2021 AA/AO Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 240 220 22630 22560
In post 2021 AA/AO Ministry of Justice 40580 37640 24440 23240
In post 2021 AA/AO National Crime Agency 330 310 23750 24220
In post 2021 AA/AO Northern Ireland Office [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Office for Standards in Education 230 210 21250 21160
In post 2021 AA/AO Office of Gas and Electricity Markets 50 50 19670 19380
In post 2021 AA/AO Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Office of Rail and Road [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Other Cabinet Office Agencies [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Scotland Office [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Scottish Government 6120 5690 23010 22430
In post 2021 AA/AO The National Archives 90 80 21250 20650
In post 2021 AA/AO UK Export Finance [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO UK Supreme Court [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO United Kingdom Statistics Authority 1460 1040 19630 19520
In post 2021 AA/AO Wales Office [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Water Services Regulation Authority [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 AA/AO Welsh Government 970 890 23340 23830
In post 2021 EO Attorney General’s Departments 1760 1640 28060 28430
In post 2021 EO Cabinet Office 890 860 27210 27500
In post 2021 EO Chancellor’s other departments 40 40 [c] [c]
In post 2021 EO Charity Commission 110 100 24760 24440
In post 2021 EO Competition and Markets Authority 80 70 28540 28070
In post 2021 EO Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 1940 1860 26470 26290
In post 2021 EO Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 180 180 27400 26180
In post 2021 EO Department for Education 960 930 26680 26000
In post 2021 EO Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2060 1930 26230 25330
In post 2021 EO Department for International Trade 250 250 27360 26510
In post 2021 EO Department for Transport 4180 3920 28020 26780
In post 2021 EO Department for Work and Pensions 49020 44370 28120 27570
In post 2021 EO Department of Health and Social Care 1580 1480 26470 27140
In post 2021 EO ESTYN [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 EO Food Standards Agency 440 420 27280 26750
In post 2021 EO Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 970 940 29500 29300
In post 2021 EO HM Land Registry 2150 1880 27500 27130
In post 2021 EO HM Revenue and Customs 15640 14430 26440 25560
In post 2021 EO HM Treasury 240 230 27030 26750
In post 2021 EO Home Office 14370 13180 26950 26070
In post 2021 EO Ministry of Defence 10600 10230 26870 26670
In post 2021 EO Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 380 360 28040 27850
In post 2021 EO Ministry of Justice 10420 9940 28300 27380
In post 2021 EO National Crime Agency 2470 2410 33470 33120
In post 2021 EO Northern Ireland Office [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 EO Office for Standards in Education 200 190 26300 25880
In post 2021 EO Office of Gas and Electricity Markets 270 260 25830 25600
In post 2021 EO Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 EO Office of Rail and Road [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 EO Other Cabinet Office Agencies 130 130 23930 22640
In post 2021 EO Scotland Office [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 EO Scottish Government 5500 5220 30230 29350
In post 2021 EO The National Archives 80 70 25550 24630
In post 2021 EO UK Export Finance 50 40 [c] [c]
In post 2021 EO UK Supreme Court [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 EO United Kingdom Statistics Authority 780 730 23970 23050
In post 2021 EO Wales Office [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2021 EO Water Services Regulation Authority 40 40 [c] [c]
In post 2021 EO Welsh Government 1020 960 28690 28850
In post 2021 G6/G7 Attorney General’s Departments 4770 4410 58520 55610
In post 2021 G6/G7 Cabinet Office 3030 2970 59600 56340
In post 2021 G6/G7 Chancellor’s other departments 180 170 76450 70720
In post 2021 G6/G7 Charity Commission 70 60 55710 52700
In post 2021 G6/G7 Competition and Markets Authority 430 410 66300 62980
In post 2021 G6/G7 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 3620 3500 57800 56410
In post 2021 G6/G7 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 800 790 58650 56730
In post 2021 G6/G7 Department for Education 2890 2780 56490 54160
In post 2021 G6/G7 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2340 2260 54520 53200
In post 2021 G6/G7 Department for International Trade 1080 1060 55440 52460
In post 2021 G6/G7 Department for Transport 1880 1830 60360 55640
In post 2021 G6/G7 Department for Work and Pensions 3280 3150 57380 54640
In post 2021 G6/G7 Department of Health and Social Care 3660 3500 58140 54230
In post 2021 G6/G7 ESTYN 70 60 73880 74730
In post 2021 G6/G7 Food Standards Agency 220 220 56380 56130
In post 2021 G6/G7 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 3280 3190 59580 58030
In post 2021 G6/G7 HM Land Registry 300 280 62580 60520
In post 2021 G6/G7 HM Revenue and Customs 7700 7410 57290 53210
In post 2021 G6/G7 HM Treasury 1120 1090 59020 56840
In post 2021 G6/G7 Home Office 3370 3290 60820 57680
In post 2021 G6/G7 Ministry of Defence 6340 6100 57640 55820
In post 2021 G6/G7 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 1420 1350 57250 54400
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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.
Responsibility_level With the exception of the Senior Civil Service level, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level.
This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level.
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.