Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sex / Sexual_orientation / Parent_department

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Status Year Sex Sexual_orientation Parent_department Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Attorney General’s Departments 5265 4875 43650 40800
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Cabinet Office 3405 3280 48140 41870
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Chancellor’s other departments 145 135 57570 49140
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Charity Commission 165 155 36970 30170
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Competition and Markets Authority 380 360 60630 57540
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 5125 4810 42270 39750
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 770 745 49430 52760
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Department for Education 3935 3720 44600 41440
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 5400 5035 36140 31850
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Department for International Trade 1090 1060 47610 42480
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 1630 1540 47300 44100
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Department for Transport 4845 4345 33460 27450
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Department for Work and Pensions 40305 34975 29400 28120
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Department of Health and Social Care 4025 3805 46460 41890
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Estyn 60 55 55640 63900
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Food Standards Agency 540 520 40640 38100
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office 2750 2650 48810 44450
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight HM Land Registry 2420 2130 32690 28080
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight HM Revenue and Customs 23195 20990 35790 34400
In post 2023 Female Heterosexual / straight HM Treasury 1035 990 47640 46620
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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.
Sex Self reported sex.
"Unknown" accounts for employees who were recorded with an unknown sex.
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).