Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

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

Status Year Parent_department Responsibility_level_grouped Region_london Region_ITL1 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO London London 430 400 23460 23770
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO Outside London East Midlands (England) 105 100 21900 22200
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO Outside London East of England 115 105 23010 23770
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO Outside London North East (England) 85 75 22300 22200
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO Outside London North West (England) 215 200 22090 22200
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO Outside London South East (England) 160 150 23620 23770
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO Outside London South West (England) 55 50 22240 22200
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO Outside London Wales 70 65 21960 22200
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO Outside London West Midlands (England) 115 105 22280 22200
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments AA/AO Outside London Yorkshire and The Humber 175 155 22110 22200
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments EO London London 780 745 28480 27700
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments EO Outside London East Midlands (England) 95 90 26750 26090
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments EO Outside London East of England 115 100 28200 28430
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments EO Outside London North East (England) 70 60 27150 27870
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments EO Outside London North West (England) 225 210 27330 28430
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments EO Outside London South East (England) 160 150 28290 27440
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments EO Outside London South West (England) 65 60 26810 26220
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments EO Outside London Wales 70 70 26970 26160
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments EO Outside London West Midlands (England) 115 110 27000 27070
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments EO Outside London Yorkshire and The Humber 180 165 27000 26220
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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 2023-02-15, 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.
Responsibility_level_grouped With the exception of the centrally managed Senior Civil Service, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level.
This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level.
Responsibility_level_grouped combines the mapped grades into five broad responsibility levels. This is the headline measure for responsibility level for the Civil Service and is consistent with the published National Statistics.
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.
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).