Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

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

Status Year Sexual_orientation Region_london Parent_department Region_ITL1 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight London Attorney General’s Departments London 3125 2960 49120 51250
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight London Cabinet Office London 3220 3165 51980 54700
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight London Chancellor’s other departments London 265 255 60720 50560
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight London Charity Commission London 35 35 42730 37910
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight London Competition and Markets Authority London 635 615 60050 56360
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight London Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy London 3845 3750 49430 52330
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight London Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport London 1210 1185 49960 51730
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight London Department for Education London 1690 1630 50400 53420
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight London Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs London 1690 1640 44910 39420
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight London Department for International Trade London 1290 1275 45990 39440
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight London Department for Transport London 2180 2130 48430 43670
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight London Department for Work and Pensions London 6420 6090 34040 31060
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight London Department of Health and Social Care London 3435 3240 46840 40850
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight London Food Standards Agency London 320 315 42530 40350
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight London Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office London 2900 2830 49410 44230
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight London HM Land Registry London 210 200 42830 37290
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight London HM Revenue and Customs London 4905 4670 44320 38700
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight London HM Treasury London 1660 1620 48880 52500
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight London Home Office London 10450 9850 39720 35070
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight London Ministry of Defence London 2845 2785 41100 37640
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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 2023-02-18, 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).