Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Function_of_post Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 Analysis Heterosexual / straight 5480 5265 44550 39470
In post 2022 Analysis LGBO 555 550 41130 37710
In post 2022 Analysis Undeclared 665 635 45450 40650
In post 2022 Analysis Unknown 1755 1690 40660 38020
In post 2022 Commercial Heterosexual / straight 3860 3745 42760 38920
In post 2022 Commercial LGBO 210 210 39980 36640
In post 2022 Commercial Undeclared 550 530 42200 40320
In post 2022 Commercial Unknown 1990 1950 58730 55300
In post 2022 Communications Heterosexual / straight 5140 4955 36810 33120
In post 2022 Communications LGBO 460 450 36280 33080
In post 2022 Communications Undeclared 620 600 38550 33370
In post 2022 Communications Unknown 2325 2260 33660 27570
In post 2022 Counter Fraud Heterosexual / straight 10720 9940 32830 29530
In post 2022 Counter Fraud LGBO 610 585 32530 29290
In post 2022 Counter Fraud Undeclared 1560 1420 33310 30330
In post 2022 Counter Fraud Unknown 4135 3805 31470 28920
In post 2022 Debt Heterosexual / straight 4010 3535 23940 21260
In post 2022 Debt LGBO 295 280 23620 21260
In post 2022 Debt Undeclared 495 425 23790 21260
In post 2022 Debt Unknown 2015 1805 23530 21260
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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.
Organisation specific notes on status: In late June 2021 around 7,000 employees from Community Rehabilitation Companies were transferred in from the private sector to HM Prison and Probation Service, counting as entrants. HM Land Registry do not record where their departing employees transfer to and so are unable to identify those that transfer to another Civil Service department.
Year Year of data collection (as at 31 March).
Function_of_post Functions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Home Office, Welsh Government and Royal Fleet Auxiliary did not report any functions information for their employees.
Of the 20 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any functions information for their employees.
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).