Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Region_ITL1 / Region_london / Sexual_orientation / Parent_department

Status Year Region_ITL1 Region_london Sexual_orientation Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Outside London Heterosexual / straight Attorney General’s Departments 315 290 38320 34480
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Outside London Heterosexual / straight Cabinet Office 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Outside London Heterosexual / straight Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 80 75 35490 34500
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Outside London Heterosexual / straight Department for Education 230 215 41450 37100
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Outside London Heterosexual / straight Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 140 130 34740 30950
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Outside London Heterosexual / straight Department for International Trade 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Outside London Heterosexual / straight Department for Transport 405 385 34280 29730
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Outside London Heterosexual / straight Department for Work and Pensions 3165 2825 27440 27570
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Outside London Heterosexual / straight Department of Health and Social Care 140 125 41930 36330
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Outside London Heterosexual / straight Food Standards Agency 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Outside London Heterosexual / straight HM Land Registry 495 455 32400 27130
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Outside London Heterosexual / straight HM Revenue and Customs 2140 2000 34240 31810
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Outside London Heterosexual / straight HM Treasury 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Outside London Heterosexual / straight Home Office 175 170 27790 25310
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Outside London Heterosexual / straight Ministry of Defence 1400 1355 28070 23540
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Outside London Heterosexual / straight Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 35 35 38620 36340
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Outside London Heterosexual / straight Ministry of Justice 5100 4745 27360 24470
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Outside London Heterosexual / straight National Crime Agency 120 115 37940 36740
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Outside London Heterosexual / straight Office for Standards in Education 140 135 45330 39850
In post 2021 East Midlands (England) Outside London Heterosexual / straight Other Cabinet Office Agencies 10 10 [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 2023-02-16, 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_london Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Region_london groups the ITL classifications into “London”, “Outside London”: all UK regions excluding London, “Overseas”, and “Unknown”.
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.
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).