Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Responsibility_level_grouped / Disability / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Responsibility_level_grouped Disability Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 AA/AO Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight 12310 10785 23510 22220
In post 2023 AA/AO Declared disabled LGBO 1355 1280 24030 22500
In post 2023 AA/AO Declared disabled Undeclared 1775 1525 23360 21780
In post 2023 AA/AO Declared disabled Unknown 1245 1050 23550 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Declared non-disabled Heterosexual / straight 64030 58195 24400 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Declared non-disabled LGBO 3590 3440 24920 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Declared non-disabled Undeclared 5670 4955 23590 22400
In post 2023 AA/AO Declared non-disabled Unknown 7700 6365 23630 22180
In post 2023 AA/AO Undeclared Heterosexual / straight 3820 3415 24980 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Undeclared LGBO 325 310 24880 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Undeclared Undeclared 2410 2190 24960 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Undeclared Unknown 1400 1185 27730 25610
In post 2023 AA/AO Unknown Heterosexual / straight 5425 5005 24290 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Unknown LGBO 385 375 24160 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Unknown Undeclared 525 480 24280 22520
In post 2023 AA/AO Unknown Unknown 24625 23000 24310 22520
In post 2023 EO Declared disabled Heterosexual / straight 12715 11475 28870 28120
In post 2023 EO Declared disabled LGBO 1445 1385 28580 28120
In post 2023 EO Declared disabled Undeclared 1735 1545 28870 28120
In post 2023 EO Declared disabled Unknown 1120 985 29760 28120
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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).
Responsibility_level_grouped With the exception of the centrally managed Senior Civil Service, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level.
This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level.
Responsibility_level_grouped combines the mapped grades into five broad responsibility levels. This is the headline measure for responsibility level for the Civil Service and is consistent with the published National Statistics.
Disability Self reported disability.
"Undeclared" accounts for employees who have actively declared that they do not want to disclose their disability status and "Unknown" accounts for employees who have not made an active declaration about their disability status.
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).