Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Parent_department / Sexual_orientation / Region_ITL1

Status Year Sex Parent_department Sexual_orientation Region_ITL1 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight East Midlands (England) 255 230 38130 33310
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight East of England 280 250 38440 30110
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight London 2150 1995 48350 51250
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight North East (England) 170 150 37400 30370
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight North West (England) 530 485 37300 30130
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight Overseas [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight Scotland [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight South East (England) 360 335 39830 31560
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight South West (England) 160 145 39690 38090
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight Wales 190 175 36860 32500
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight West Midlands (England) 300 280 39140 38000
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight Yorkshire and The Humber 450 415 39350 37890
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments LGBO East Midlands (England) 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments LGBO East of England 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments LGBO London 115 110 49050 51250
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments LGBO North East (England) 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments LGBO North West (England) 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments LGBO Overseas [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments LGBO Scotland [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments LGBO South East (England) 15 15 [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 2023-02-15, 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.
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.
Sex Self reported sex.
“Unknown” accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).