Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department / Organisation / Region_ITL1 / Region_london

Status Year Parent_department Organisation Region_ITL1 Region_london Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Attorney General’s Office London London 50 50 50950 43000
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Crown Prosecution Service East Midlands (England) Outside London 520 485 38870 32420
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Crown Prosecution Service East of England Outside London 560 510 42280 36780
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Crown Prosecution Service London London 1870 1775 45320 40540
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Crown Prosecution Service North East (England) Outside London 395 365 39460 32910
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Crown Prosecution Service North West (England) Outside London 1080 1015 40020 35000
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Crown Prosecution Service Overseas Overseas [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Crown Prosecution Service South East (England) Outside London 785 740 42810 36780
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Crown Prosecution Service South West (England) Outside London 350 330 40690 38760
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Crown Prosecution Service Wales Outside London 435 400 41340 38940
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Crown Prosecution Service West Midlands (England) Outside London 640 600 41170 38760
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Crown Prosecution Service Yorkshire and The Humber Outside London 880 815 40030 34410
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Government Legal Department London London 2430 2270 55900 53390
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Government Legal Department North West (England) Outside London 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Government Legal Department South West (England) Outside London 75 65 56710 54320
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Government Legal Department Yorkshire and The Humber Outside London 160 150 52750 52020
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate London London 15 15 64600 62460
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate Yorkshire and The Humber Outside London 10 10 62610 59120
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Serious Fraud Office London London 460 450 48650 42500
In post 2023 Cabinet Office Cabinet Office (excl. agencies) East Midlands (England) Outside London 10 10 [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.
Organisation Executive Agencies, Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments, Crown Non-departmental Public Bodies.
Region_london Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Region_london groups the ITL classifications into "London", "Outside London": all UK regions excluding London, "Overseas", and "Unknown".
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.
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).