Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

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

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Status Year Region_london Region_ITL1 Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 London London Attorney General’s Departments 4830 4560 51090 52790
In post 2023 London London Cabinet Office 5585 5500 51850 51290
In post 2023 London London Chancellor’s other departments 350 335 62560 55180
In post 2023 London London Charity Commission 80 80 45710 41370
In post 2023 London London Competition and Markets Authority 795 770 62880 58330
In post 2023 London London Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 5735 5600 51130 54710
In post 2023 London London Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 1640 1610 50180 53030
In post 2023 London London Department for Education 2405 2310 52210 55020
In post 2023 London London Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2645 2575 46160 40270
In post 2023 London London Department for International Trade 2690 2660 49260 43290
In post 2023 London London Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 2180 2130 51100 54630
In post 2023 London London Department for Transport 3390 3295 50110 45180
In post 2023 London London Department for Work and Pensions 9190 8510 36380 32520
In post 2023 London London Department of Health and Social Care 5455 5250 50080 42990
In post 2023 London London Food Standards Agency 225 220 45670 41160
In post 2023 London London Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 4565 4465 51820 51490
In post 2023 London London HM Land Registry 395 375 42790 38410
In post 2023 London London HM Revenue and Customs 10275 9790 46480 39790
In post 2023 London London HM Treasury 2130 2085 50200 53550
In post 2023 London London Home Office 14590 13915 40970 36180
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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_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).