Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

Data preview: All civil servants / Function_of_post / Parent_department / Organisation

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Status Year Function_of_post Parent_department Organisation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Analysis Attorney General’s Departments Attorney General’s Office [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Analysis Attorney General’s Departments Government Legal Department 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Analysis Attorney General’s Departments HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Analysis Attorney General’s Departments Serious Fraud Office [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Analysis Cabinet Office Cabinet Office (excl. agencies) 25 25 45680 40850
In post 2024 Analysis Cabinet Office Central Civil Service Fast Stream 115 115 32430 31970
In post 2024 Analysis Chancellor’s other departments Government Actuary’s Department 180 165 76400 73960
In post 2024 Analysis Chancellor’s other departments National Savings and Investments 30 30 50010 49580
In post 2024 Analysis Charity Commission Charity Commission 30 30 37660 35090
In post 2024 Analysis Competition and Markets Authority Competition and Markets Authority 185 175 65650 61380
In post 2024 Analysis Department for Business and Trade Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service 15 15 49750 48020
In post 2024 Analysis Department for Business and Trade Companies House 15 15 42760 41540
In post 2024 Analysis Department for Business and Trade Department for Business and Trade (excl. agencies) 330 325 50810 53560
In post 2024 Analysis Department for Business and Trade The Insolvency Service 40 40 42620 39670
In post 2024 Analysis Department for Culture, Media and Sport Department for Culture, Media and Sport 70 70 52780 53840
In post 2024 Analysis Department for Education Department for Education (excl. agencies) 605 575 48290 46330
In post 2024 Analysis Department for Education Education and Skills Funding Agency 20 20 44120 42180
In post 2024 Analysis Department for Education Teaching Regulation Agency [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Analysis Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Rural Payments Agency 55 55 33170 32290
In post 2024 Analysis Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (excl. agencies) 265 255 50170 52400
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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 2024-07-24

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.
On 8 July 2024, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities changed its name to the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Organisation Executive Agencies, Ministerial and Non-Ministerial Departments, Crown Non-departmental Public Bodies.
On 8 July 2024, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities changed its name to the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Function_of_post Functions relate to the post occupied by the person and are not dependent on qualifications the individual may have.
Welsh Government and Royal Fleet Auxiliary did not report any functions information for their employees.
Of the 20 bodies under the Scottish Government, 16 did not report any functions information for their employees.
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).