Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

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

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Status Year Parent_department Sexual_orientation Sex Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight Female 5630 5220 46340 42650
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight Male 2625 2570 49940 51260
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments Heterosexual / straight Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments LGBO Female 310 300 44140 35300
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments LGBO Male 310 305 49620 51260
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments LGBO Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments Undeclared Female 295 280 47110 45630
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments Undeclared Male 170 170 50600 51260
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments Unknown Female 1265 1115 50410 56480
In post 2024 Attorney General’s Departments Unknown Male 645 615 54130 58520
In post 2024 Cabinet Office Heterosexual / straight Female 3910 3765 51660 44500
In post 2024 Cabinet Office Heterosexual / straight Male 3285 3240 57250 56890
In post 2024 Cabinet Office Heterosexual / straight Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Cabinet Office LGBO Female 360 355 50640 44500
In post 2024 Cabinet Office LGBO Male 435 430 51130 53400
In post 2024 Cabinet Office LGBO Unknown [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Cabinet Office Undeclared Female 340 330 52730 53400
In post 2024 Cabinet Office Undeclared Male 375 370 55700 58740
In post 2024 Cabinet Office Unknown Female 1075 1065 38220 31970
In post 2024 Cabinet Office Unknown Male 960 955 40280 31970
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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.
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).