Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Ethnicity

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Asian 23725 22330 32900 29290
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Black 12945 12490 32830 30720
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Chinese 935 895 36470 31870
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Mixed 6390 6095 35210 31060
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Other ethnicity 1820 1735 36090 31060
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Undeclared 2880 2710 32960 29200
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight Unknown 3260 3005 33440 28620
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight White 265025 247500 34170 29290
In post 2021 LGBO Asian 585 545 33200 29290
In post 2021 LGBO Black 330 320 33960 30250
In post 2021 LGBO Chinese 70 65 35870 30930
In post 2021 LGBO Mixed 690 670 35630 31060
In post 2021 LGBO Other ethnicity 170 165 36730 31810
In post 2021 LGBO Undeclared 290 280 33690 29350
In post 2021 LGBO Unknown 230 220 36690 31060
In post 2021 LGBO White 16460 16005 34370 29670
In post 2021 Undeclared Asian 1655 1495 30860 27570
In post 2021 Undeclared Black 780 735 32130 29650
In post 2021 Undeclared Chinese 100 95 37430 35000
In post 2021 Undeclared Mixed 575 540 34510 30650
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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.
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).