Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

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

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Disability Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled Asian 2290 2110 32020 29080
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled Black 1500 1420 32110 30330
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled Chinese 55 50 31480 29330
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled Mixed 845 790 33360 29270
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled Other ethnicity 235 220 35200 31060
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled Undeclared 375 350 30750 27690
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled Unknown 275 245 30340 26810
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Declared disabled White 31755 29000 31540 27570
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled Asian 19255 18135 32810 29080
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled Black 10345 10000 32770 30620
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled Chinese 790 760 36500 32180
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled Mixed 4910 4700 35330 31060
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled Other ethnicity 1410 1340 35920 31060
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled Undeclared 1930 1820 32950 28850
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled Unknown 2075 1920 33420 28590
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Declared non-disabled White 208035 194690 34510 29360
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Undeclared Asian 850 800 32000 28850
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Undeclared Black 505 480 31990 30920
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Undeclared Chinese 35 35 34210 29570
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Undeclared Mixed 240 230 35690 31550
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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).
Ethnicity Self reported ethnicity. “Undeclared” accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their ethnicity and “Unknown” accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their ethnicity.
For consistency with Civil Service Statistics, ‘Chinese’ is shown separately in the 2021 figures, but counted within ‘Asian’ from 2022 onwards.
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).