Civil Service Statistics data browser (2023)

Data preview: All civil servants / Sexual_orientation

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Status Year Sexual_orientation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2023 Heterosexual / straight 349195 327735 36620 32310
In post 2023 LGBO 23770 23100 36570 32410
In post 2023 Undeclared 41475 38405 36440 32520
In post 2023 Unknown 105345 98420 34230 29160
Leaver CS 2023 Heterosexual / straight 25725 [c] 34810 28870
Leaver CS 2023 LGBO 2210 [c] 34910 29500
Leaver CS 2023 Undeclared 3355 [c] 34700 29500
Leaver CS 2023 Unknown 14790 [c] 33860 28120
Leaver Dept. 2023 Heterosexual / straight 8945 [c] 37550 32800
Leaver Dept. 2023 LGBO 945 [c] 37080 33210
Leaver Dept. 2023 Undeclared 1085 [c] 38360 34260
Leaver Dept. 2023 Unknown 4390 [c] 37130 32520
New entrant CS 2023 Heterosexual / straight 28375 [c] 30830 27650
New entrant CS 2023 LGBO 3320 [c] 29590 26900
New entrant CS 2023 Undeclared 2180 [c] 32000 28510
New entrant CS 2023 Unknown 22880 [c] 28750 25750

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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).
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).