Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department / Region_ITL1 / Sex / Organisation

Status Year Parent_department Region_ITL1 Sex Organisation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments East Midlands (England) Female Crown Prosecution Service 300 270 37150 30130
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments East Midlands (England) Male Crown Prosecution Service 140 140 40540 45140
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments East of England Female Crown Prosecution Service 330 285 37950 30110
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments East of England Male Crown Prosecution Service 150 145 46020 50520
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments London Female Attorney General’s Office 30 25 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments London Female Crown Prosecution Service 1100 1015 43330 39750
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments London Female Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments London Female Government Legal Department 1580 1435 54330 52010
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments London Female Serious Fraud Office 215 210 45630 40170
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments London Male Attorney General’s Office 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments London Male Crown Prosecution Service 590 580 46730 40800
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments London Male Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments London Male Government Legal Department 860 840 54840 52520
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments London Male Serious Fraud Office 275 270 46720 41200
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments North East (England) Female Crown Prosecution Service 230 205 36330 28430
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments North East (England) Male Crown Prosecution Service 110 105 41530 48080
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments North West (England) Female Crown Prosecution Service 640 585 37660 30610
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments North West (England) Female Government Legal Department 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments North West (England) Male Crown Prosecution Service 315 310 42830 48080
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments North West (England) Male Government Legal Department [c] [c] [c] [c]
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Notes: Summary figures are suppressed when information relates to less than 5 civil servants for FTE or Headcount, and less than 10 civil servants for median and mean salary (shown as [c]). Zero responses and salaries for less than 30 civil servants have been suppressed for GPDR special category data. FTE figures are not shown for entrants or leavers due to data quality concerns for these groups. Figures are rounded to the nearest 5, or £10 as appropriate.

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

Version: Generated on 2023-02-17, with GIT 71a76ea.

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.
Five organisations do not report when their employees first entered the Civil Service and so entrants data for these organisations is not available . These are as follows: Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (excl. agencies), Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office Services, Defence Electronics and Components Agency, Scottish Forestry and Forest and Land Scotland. A further three organisations also could not provide entrants data in 2021. These are as follows: Department for International Development, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (excl. agencies) and Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Year Year of data collection (as at 31 March).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
Organisation Executive Agencies, Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments, Crown Non-departmental Public Bodies.
Region_ITL1 Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, a new UK-managed international statistical geography - International Territorial Levels (ITL) - was introduced from 1st January 2021, replacing the former NUTS classification. They align with international standards, enabling comparability both over time and internationally. To ensure continued alignment, the ITLs mirror the NUTS system. They also follow a similar review timetable - every three years.
ITL 1 divides into Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the 9 statistical regions of England.
Sex Self reported sex.
“Unknown” accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
Headcount Total number of civil servants (rounded to nearest 5).
FTE Total full-time equivalent (FTE) employment numbers (rounded to nearest 5).
FTE figures are not shown for entrants or leavers due to data quality concerns for these groups.
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.
These figures should be interpreted with caution when the total number of employees in a group is small, as they will tend to show more variability than larger groups (i.e. may be much higher or lower than can be explained by the data shown).
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.
These figures should be interpreted with caution when the total number of employees in a group is small, as they will tend to show more variability than larger groups (i.e. may be much higher or lower than can be explained by the data shown).