Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Region_ITL2 / Sex / Parent_department / Region_ITL1

Status Year Region_ITL2 Sex Parent_department Region_ITL1 Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female Attorney General’s Departments East of England 140 120 42130 32660
In post 2023 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female Cabinet Office East of England 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy East of England 10 10 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female Department for Education East of England 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs East of England 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female Department for International Trade East of England [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities East of England 35 35 47810 48580
In post 2023 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female Department for Transport East of England 40 35 29560 27450
In post 2023 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female Department for Work and Pensions East of England 755 650 30620 31280
In post 2023 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female Department of Health and Social Care East of England 160 155 47480 42880
In post 2023 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female Food Standards Agency East of England 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female HM Revenue and Customs East of England 15 15 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female Home Office East of England 125 115 29970 26670
In post 2023 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female Ministry of Defence East of England 390 375 38340 36950
In post 2023 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female Ministry of Justice East of England 960 885 30060 28530
In post 2023 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female National Crime Agency East of England 55 50 38450 38310
In post 2023 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills East of England 20 20 [c] [c]
In post 2023 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female Office of Gas and Electricity Markets East of England [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation East of England [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2023 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Female UK Export Finance East of England [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 2023-07-27, 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.
Region_ITL2 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 2 divides into Northern Ireland, counties in England (most grouped), groups of districts in Greater London, groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).