Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Parent_department Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight 6765 6345 44210 45730
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments LGBO 435 420 45230 43920
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Undeclared 385 365 47330 50520
In post 2021 Attorney General’s Departments Unknown 2250 2040 47290 51510
In post 2021 Cabinet Office Heterosexual / straight 4415 4295 47980 40600
In post 2021 Cabinet Office LGBO 435 430 44900 40600
In post 2021 Cabinet Office Undeclared 505 495 47740 40600
In post 2021 Cabinet Office Unknown 4100 4055 45320 33250
In post 2021 Chancellor’s other departments Heterosexual / straight 295 285 59480 49940
In post 2021 Chancellor’s other departments LGBO 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Chancellor’s other departments Undeclared 85 80 59060 50480
In post 2021 Chancellor’s other departments Unknown 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Charity Commission Heterosexual / straight 230 220 34440 29160
In post 2021 Charity Commission LGBO 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Charity Commission Undeclared 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2021 Charity Commission Unknown 175 165 35400 30000
In post 2021 Competition and Markets Authority Heterosexual / straight 685 665 59810 56360
In post 2021 Competition and Markets Authority LGBO 55 55 57440 55860
In post 2021 Competition and Markets Authority Undeclared 55 55 61350 59020
In post 2021 Competition and Markets Authority Unknown 45 45 74880 72430
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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.
Sexual_orientation Self reported sexual orientation.
“Undeclared” accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their sexual orientation and “Unknown” accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their sexual orientation.
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).