Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Parent_department / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Parent_department Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight 7790 7345 44840 45230
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments LGBO 540 525 44400 40540
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Undeclared 475 455 47060 49050
In post 2023 Attorney General’s Departments Unknown 1930 1745 49510 53750
In post 2023 Cabinet Office Heterosexual / straight 6245 6085 50830 43890
In post 2023 Cabinet Office LGBO 625 620 46260 41870
In post 2023 Cabinet Office Undeclared 605 590 50270 51160
In post 2023 Cabinet Office Unknown 2740 2705 43710 32960
In post 2023 Chancellor’s other departments Heterosexual / straight 315 300 60950 51420
In post 2023 Chancellor’s other departments LGBO 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Chancellor’s other departments Undeclared 80 80 60120 54440
In post 2023 Chancellor’s other departments Unknown 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Charity Commission Heterosexual / straight 280 265 36650 30170
In post 2023 Charity Commission LGBO 25 25 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Charity Commission Undeclared 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Charity Commission Unknown 180 170 34910 30170
In post 2023 Competition and Markets Authority Heterosexual / straight 735 710 62070 58000
In post 2023 Competition and Markets Authority LGBO 70 65 60060 57790
In post 2023 Competition and Markets Authority Undeclared 85 80 66160 61670
In post 2023 Competition and Markets Authority Unknown 20 20 [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.
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).