Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Region_ITL1 / Parent_department

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Status Year Region_ITL1 Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Attorney General’s Departments 520 485 38870 32420
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Cabinet Office 85 80 50130 51020
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 235 225 33690 32110
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Department for Education 385 370 43050 38210
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 320 310 34170 30320
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Department for International Trade 40 35 47380 46070
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 105 100 51400 49700
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Department for Transport 630 600 34310 29240
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Department for Work and Pensions 4495 3975 28390 28120
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Department of Health and Social Care 175 165 50220 49590
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Food Standards Agency 95 90 36560 31260
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) HM Land Registry 915 835 32450 28080
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) HM Revenue and Customs 4665 4410 34830 34700
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) HM Treasury 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Home Office 315 300 30010 26180
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Ministry of Defence 1720 1655 30680 27140
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Ministry of Justice 8505 7930 30130 28880
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) National Crime Agency 180 170 40140 38640
In post 2023 East Midlands (England) Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills 220 210 50490 52750
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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.
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).