Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department / Ethnicity

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Status Year Parent_department Ethnicity Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Asian 1230 1155 42880 40800
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Black 630 605 41400 33890
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Mixed 340 320 45750 49050
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Other ethnicity 105 100 44720 42850
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Undeclared 235 220 47380 51270
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Unknown 1020 950 49570 52020
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments White 7175 6715 46050 49050
In post 2023 Cabinet Office Asian 755 745 44500 36840
In post 2023 Cabinet Office Black 355 350 43820 36680
In post 2023 Cabinet Office Mixed 350 345 44780 35650
In post 2023 Cabinet Office Other ethnicity 85 85 44080 38460
In post 2023 Cabinet Office Undeclared 335 325 50200 51020
In post 2023 Cabinet Office Unknown 1280 1250 48540 41870
In post 2023 Cabinet Office White 7065 6905 49460 41870
In post 2023 Chancellor’s other departments Asian 55 55 50180 46910
In post 2023 Chancellor’s other departments Black 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Chancellor’s other departments Mixed 20 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Chancellor’s other departments Other ethnicity 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Chancellor’s other departments Undeclared 30 30 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Chancellor’s other departments Unknown 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 2023-07-26, with GIT d545f65.

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.
Four 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, 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.
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.
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.
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).