Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department

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Status Year Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 Attorney General’s Departments 10205 9535 45050 48080
In post 2022 Cabinet Office 11050 10845 46800 40580
In post 2022 Chancellor’s other departments 425 405 58830 50000
In post 2022 Charity Commission 465 440 34000 29160
In post 2022 Competition and Markets Authority 860 835 61280 57000
In post 2022 Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 14075 13505 41540 39650
In post 2022 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 2010 1980 46970 51730
In post 2022 Department for Education 8695 8395 43560 40230
In post 2022 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 12785 12165 35790 32560
In post 2022 Department for International Trade 2880 2850 46590 42310
In post 2022 Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 4155 4005 45140 40720
In post 2022 Department for Transport 16390 15245 33220 26840
In post 2022 Department for Work and Pensions 94155 84655 28510 27570
In post 2022 Department of Health and Social Care 11810 11195 45200 40470
In post 2022 Estyn 115 105 59220 75480
In post 2022 Food Standards Agency 1455 1415 37600 32830
In post 2022 Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 8245 8060 47890 44030
In post 2022 HM Land Registry 6635 6040 31310 27130
In post 2022 HM Revenue and Customs 71365 66325 33400 30750
In post 2022 HM Treasury 2770 2690 48300 49200
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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.
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).