Civil Service Statistics data browser (2022)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2022 Heterosexual / straight 339245 318420 34750 30450
In post 2022 LGBO 22040 21430 34920 30700
In post 2022 Undeclared 43245 40130 35030 31040
In post 2022 Unknown 105545 98100 33240 28250
Leaver CS 2022 Heterosexual / straight 24120 [c] 33260 27570
Leaver CS 2022 LGBO 1860 [c] 31960 27570
Leaver CS 2022 Undeclared 3590 [c] 33860 28310
Leaver CS 2022 Unknown 14645 [c] 32960 27570
Leaver Dept. 2022 Heterosexual / straight 14005 [c] 38000 32330
Leaver Dept. 2022 LGBO 1280 [c] 37310 32870
Leaver Dept. 2022 Undeclared 2715 [c] 40140 34770
Leaver Dept. 2022 Unknown 5660 [c] 40310 33250
New entrant CS 2022 Heterosexual / straight 39550 [c] 29920 27230
New entrant CS 2022 LGBO 4235 [c] 29060 26810
New entrant CS 2022 Undeclared 3360 [c] 31760 28000
New entrant CS 2022 Unknown 22255 [c] 28970 26130

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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).
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).