Civil Service Statistics data browser (2021)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2021 Heterosexual / straight 316980 296765 34040 29290
In post 2021 LGBO 18820 18275 34420 29890
In post 2021 Undeclared 43675 40310 33690 29350
In post 2021 Unknown 105405 97480 32660 27680
Leaver CS 2021 Heterosexual / straight 12400 [c] 32830 27570
Leaver CS 2021 LGBO 755 [c] 32460 27370
Leaver CS 2021 Undeclared 1990 [c] 33340 27570
Leaver CS 2021 Unknown 12685 [c] 32110 27570
Leaver Dept. 2021 Heterosexual / straight 5995 [c] 37670 32670
Leaver Dept. 2021 LGBO 585 [c] 36700 32430
Leaver Dept. 2021 Undeclared 695 [c] 39270 34280
Leaver Dept. 2021 Unknown 4705 [c] 37410 32560
New entrant CS 2021 Heterosexual / straight 33770 [c] 29430 27570
New entrant CS 2021 LGBO 3475 [c] 28380 27570
New entrant CS 2021 Undeclared 2555 [c] 31120 27570
New entrant CS 2021 Unknown 17395 [c] 29500 25560

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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).
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).