Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_grouped / Sexual_orientation / Disability

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Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Sexual_orientation Disability Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled 11185 9825 21950 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled 66230 60135 22450 21130
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Undeclared 4180 3775 23640 21440
In post 2021 AA/AO Heterosexual / straight Unknown 4560 4175 22820 21440
In post 2021 AA/AO LGBO Declared disabled 1070 1015 22380 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO LGBO Declared non-disabled 3255 3120 22810 21130
In post 2021 AA/AO LGBO Undeclared 295 285 23430 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO LGBO Unknown 280 270 22880 22050
In post 2021 AA/AO Undeclared Declared disabled 1780 1525 21880 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Undeclared Declared non-disabled 6660 5815 22180 21050
In post 2021 AA/AO Undeclared Undeclared 2825 2585 23470 21440
In post 2021 AA/AO Undeclared Unknown 1410 1255 22310 21580
In post 2021 AA/AO Unknown Declared disabled 1510 1260 22030 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Unknown Declared non-disabled 12390 10330 22220 21010
In post 2021 AA/AO Unknown Undeclared 2280 1965 27000 26630
In post 2021 AA/AO Unknown Unknown 20750 19265 22100 21010
In post 2021 EO Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled 11525 10460 27730 27570
In post 2021 EO Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled 65780 61190 27540 27570
In post 2021 EO Heterosexual / straight Undeclared 3135 2955 28220 27570
In post 2021 EO Heterosexual / straight Unknown 4825 4620 29310 28430
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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).
Responsibility_level_grouped With the exception of the centrally managed Senior Civil Service, 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.
Responsibility_level_grouped combines the mapped grades into five broad responsibility levels. This is the headline measure for responsibility level for the Civil Service and is consistent with the published National Statistics.
Disability Self reported disability.
“Undeclared” accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their disability status and “Unknown” accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their disability status.
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).