Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation / Ethnicity

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight Asian 27945 26415 33700 30110
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight Black 14525 14015 33430 31060
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight Mixed 7130 6815 35780 31180
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight Other ethnicity 1920 1835 35920 31230
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight Undeclared 3060 2880 33630 30110
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight Unknown 3365 3125 34530 30350
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight White 281305 263335 34900 30360
In post 2022 LGBO Asian 720 680 34340 30240
In post 2022 LGBO Black 350 340 34800 31060
In post 2022 LGBO Mixed 810 795 35910 31840
In post 2022 LGBO Other ethnicity 210 205 39330 33400
In post 2022 LGBO Undeclared 300 285 34040 30820
In post 2022 LGBO Unknown 250 240 36840 31940
In post 2022 LGBO White 19400 18885 34840 30450
In post 2022 Undeclared Asian 1860 1700 32100 28710
In post 2022 Undeclared Black 815 765 32710 30460
In post 2022 Undeclared Mixed 655 615 35190 31060
In post 2022 Undeclared Other ethnicity 275 265 40790 33840
In post 2022 Undeclared Undeclared 13070 12320 36290 32770
In post 2022 Undeclared Unknown 2585 2460 41220 36820
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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).
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.
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).