Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department / Ethnicity

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Status Year Parent_department Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments Asian 1055 980 42910 44850
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments Black 600 575 40470 32490
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments Mixed 290 270 45910 48830
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments Other ethnicity 90 85 46020 48830
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments Undeclared 215 205 47110 50500
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments Unknown 1075 1000 47910 50500
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments White 6880 6415 45220 48080
In post 2022 Cabinet Office Asian 575 565 45370 40600
In post 2022 Cabinet Office Black 285 280 42260 37930
In post 2022 Cabinet Office Mixed 245 240 45670 40600
In post 2022 Cabinet Office Other ethnicity 70 70 46510 41010
In post 2022 Cabinet Office Undeclared 270 265 46090 40600
In post 2022 Cabinet Office Unknown 4275 4230 46490 34550
In post 2022 Cabinet Office White 5330 5195 47540 40600
In post 2022 Chancellor’s other departments Asian 55 50 47300 45130
In post 2022 Chancellor’s other departments Black 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2022 Chancellor’s other departments Mixed 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2022 Chancellor’s other departments Other ethnicity 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2022 Chancellor’s other departments Undeclared 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2022 Chancellor’s other departments Unknown 25 25 [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.
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).
Parent_department Government Department, total figures for both Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments include all of their Executive Agencies.
On 30 September 2021, the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government changed its name to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
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.
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).