Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department / Sex / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Parent_department Sex Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female Heterosexual / straight 5265 4875 43650 40800
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female LGBO 275 265 41160 31180
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female Undeclared 290 275 45760 45230
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Female Unknown 1280 1115 48260 53220
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Male Heterosexual / straight 2525 2470 47300 49050
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Male LGBO 265 260 47780 51860
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Male Undeclared 180 180 49140 52020
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Male Unknown 650 630 51980 56450
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Unknown Heterosexual / straight [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Unknown LGBO [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Cabinet Office Female Heterosexual / straight 3405 3280 48140 41870
In post 2023 Cabinet Office Female LGBO 295 290 44510 40500
In post 2023 Cabinet Office Female Undeclared 290 280 48450 50450
In post 2023 Cabinet Office Female Unknown 1460 1430 41860 31060
In post 2023 Cabinet Office Male Heterosexual / straight 2840 2805 54060 52760
In post 2023 Cabinet Office Male LGBO 330 330 47810 42120
In post 2023 Cabinet Office Male Undeclared 315 310 51970 51290
In post 2023 Cabinet Office Male Unknown 1285 1275 45810 34250
In post 2023 Cabinet Office Unknown Heterosexual / straight [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Cabinet Office Unknown LGBO [c] [c] [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.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).