Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department / Region_ITL1

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Status	Year	Parent_department	Region_ITL1	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2021	Attorney General’s Departments	East Midlands (England)	440	410	38240	34480
In post	2021	Attorney General’s Departments	East of England	480	430	40480	34480
In post	2021	Attorney General’s Departments	London	4685	4410	49990	51250
In post	2021	Attorney General’s Departments	North East (England)	340	310	38010	32370
In post	2021	Attorney General’s Departments	North West (England)	965	905	39570	34480
In post	2021	Attorney General’s Departments	Overseas	5	5	[c]	[c]
In post	2021	Attorney General’s Departments	Scotland	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2021	Attorney General’s Departments	South East (England)	690	645	42200	37890
In post	2021	Attorney General’s Departments	South West (England)	330	305	41720	40050
In post	2021	Attorney General’s Departments	Wales	360	330	41230	38470
In post	2021	Attorney General’s Departments	West Midlands (England)	555	520	40000	38000
In post	2021	Attorney General’s Departments	Yorkshire and The Humber	985	900	42130	38760
In post	2021	Cabinet Office	East Midlands (England)	25	25	48110	39190
In post	2021	Cabinet Office	East of England	115	110	46760	38460
In post	2021	Cabinet Office	London	6500	6410	49780	42260
In post	2021	Cabinet Office	North East (England)	415	390	29430	24570
In post	2021	Cabinet Office	North West (England)	455	445	46810	42410
In post	2021	Cabinet Office	Northern Ireland	10	10	[c]	[c]
In post	2021	Cabinet Office	Overseas	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2021	Cabinet Office	Scotland	80	80	48190	49700

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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 2023-02-14, 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.
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.
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).