Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

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Status Year Region_ITL2 Parent_department Region_ITL1 Organisation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Attorney General’s Departments East of England Crown Prosecution Service 205 190 45880 42650
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Cabinet Office East of England Cabinet Office (excl. agencies) [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Cabinet Office East of England Crown Commercial Service [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Cabinet Office East of England Government Commercial Organisation [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Department for Business and Trade East of England Department for Business and Trade (excl. agencies) 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Department for Business and Trade East of England The Insolvency Service [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Department for Education East of England Department for Education (excl. agencies) 50 45 53440 51560
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs East of England Animal and Plant Health Agency 10 5 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs East of England Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (excl. agencies) 20 15 45360 46120
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs East of England Rural Payments Agency [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities East of England Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (excl. agencies) 55 55 46390 42580
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities East of England Planning Inspectorate 10 10 63810 62450
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Department for Science, Innovation and Technology East of England Intellectual Property Office [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Department for Science, Innovation and Technology East of England Met Office 20 15 41060 41820
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Department for Transport East of England Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Department for Transport East of England Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency 125 115 31290 29420
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Department for Work and Pensions East of England Department for Work and Pensions (excl. agencies) 1025 910 31960 32690
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Department for Work and Pensions East of England Health and Safety Executive 70 70 44250 44120
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Department of Health and Social Care East of England Department of Health and Social Care (excl. agencies) [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Department of Health and Social Care East of England Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency 265 260 50090 44020
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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 2024-07-25

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.
Region_ITL1 Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, a new UK-managed international statistical geography - International Territorial Levels (ITL) - was introduced from 1st January 2021, replacing the former NUTS classification. They align with international standards, enabling comparability both over time and internationally. To ensure continued alignment, the ITLs mirror the NUTS system. They also follow a similar review timetable - every three years.
ITL 1 divides into Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the 9 statistical regions of England.
Region_ITL2 Workplace postcode data are used to derive geographical information using the International Territorial Level (ITL) classification standard.
Following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, a new UK-managed international statistical geography - International Territorial Levels (ITL) - was introduced from 1st January 2021, replacing the former NUTS classification. They align with international standards, enabling comparability both over time and internationally. To ensure continued alignment, the ITLs mirror the NUTS system. They also follow a similar review timetable - every three years.
ITL 2 divides into Northern Ireland, counties in England (most grouped), groups of districts in Greater London, groups of unitary authorities in Wales, groups of council areas in Scotland.
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).