Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

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

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Status	Year	Sexual_orientation	Sex	Ethnicity	Headcount	FTE	Mean_salary	Median_salary
In post	2021	Heterosexual / straight	Female	Asian	13020	11900	32610	29080
In post	2021	Heterosexual / straight	Female	Black	8320	7935	32490	30400
In post	2021	Heterosexual / straight	Female	Chinese	565	530	36550	31910
In post	2021	Heterosexual / straight	Female	Mixed	3795	3560	34180	30210
In post	2021	Heterosexual / straight	Female	Other ethnicity	1045	980	35100	31060
In post	2021	Heterosexual / straight	Female	Undeclared	1325	1205	31580	27570
In post	2021	Heterosexual / straight	Female	Unknown	1780	1575	32470	27580
In post	2021	Heterosexual / straight	Female	White	146145	132205	32810	27570
In post	2021	Heterosexual / straight	Male	Asian	10705	10430	33260	29290
In post	2021	Heterosexual / straight	Male	Black	4620	4550	33430	31060
In post	2021	Heterosexual / straight	Male	Chinese	370	365	36360	31810
In post	2021	Heterosexual / straight	Male	Mixed	2595	2540	36720	31880
In post	2021	Heterosexual / straight	Male	Other ethnicity	775	755	37420	32520
In post	2021	Heterosexual / straight	Male	Undeclared	1555	1505	34140	30890
In post	2021	Heterosexual / straight	Male	Unknown	1480	1435	34600	30400
In post	2021	Heterosexual / straight	Male	White	118860	115275	35850	31650
In post	2021	Heterosexual / straight	Unknown	Asian	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2021	Heterosexual / straight	Unknown	Black	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2021	Heterosexual / straight	Unknown	Chinese	[c]	[c]	[c]	[c]
In post	2021	Heterosexual / straight	Unknown	Mixed	[c]	[c]	[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 2023-02-14, 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).
Sex	Self reported sex.
	“Unknown” accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).