Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Parent_department

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Status Year Sex Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 Female Attorney General’s Departments 6690 6100 43670 43920
In post 2022 Female Cabinet Office 5905 5735 44400 37300
In post 2022 Female Chancellor’s other departments 180 170 54640 48120
In post 2022 Female Charity Commission 285 265 34020 29160
In post 2022 Female Competition and Markets Authority 430 410 58420 55860
In post 2022 Female Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 7020 6595 39640 36740
In post 2022 Female Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 1100 1070 46410 46980
In post 2022 Female Department for Education 5175 4905 42840 37690
In post 2022 Female Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 7215 6710 34800 30730
In post 2022 Female Department for International Trade 1390 1370 45340 40600
In post 2022 Female Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 2120 2015 44340 39600
In post 2022 Female Department for Transport 7490 6640 30790 26350
In post 2022 Female Department for Work and Pensions 60405 52220 27750 27570
In post 2022 Female Department of Health and Social Care 7660 7160 43650 40060
In post 2022 Female Estyn 65 60 55870 66900
In post 2022 Female Food Standards Agency 645 625 39100 37350
In post 2022 Female Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 4025 3890 46770 42410
In post 2022 Female HM Land Registry 4010 3555 30510 27130
In post 2022 Female HM Revenue and Customs 37350 33475 32310 28180
In post 2022 Female HM Treasury 1360 1300 46210 42580
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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.
Sex Self reported sex.
“Unknown” accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).