Civil Service Statistics data browser (2024)

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Status Year Region_ITL2 Responsibility_level_ungrouped Responsibility_level_grouped Organisation Headcount FTE Mean_salary Median_salary
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire AA AA/AO Department for Work and Pensions (excl. agencies) [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire AA AA/AO HM Courts and Tribunals Service 50 40 21450 21150
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire AA AA/AO HM Prison and Probation Service 120 110 25230 25630
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire AA AA/AO Ministry of Defence (excl. agencies) 65 60 25540 23670
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire AO AA/AO Crown Prosecution Service 45 40 25330 26190
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire AO AA/AO Defence Equipment and Support [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire AO AA/AO Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (excl. agencies) 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire AO AA/AO Department for Work and Pensions (excl. agencies) 170 140 26180 27220
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire AO AA/AO Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency 30 30 30030 30090
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire AO AA/AO HM Courts and Tribunals Service 175 150 24440 22940
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire AO AA/AO HM Prison and Probation Service 435 420 33560 33980
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire AO AA/AO Health and Safety Executive 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire AO AA/AO Home Office 30 30 24940 24800
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire AO AA/AO Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency 5 5 [c] [c]
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire AO AA/AO Ministry of Defence (excl. agencies) 120 110 26180 25000
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire AO AA/AO Ministry of Justice (excl. agencies) [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire AO AA/AO UK Health Security Agency [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire AO AA/AO Valuation Office Agency [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire EO EO Animal and Plant Health Agency [c] [c] [c] [c]
In post 2024 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire EO EO Crown Prosecution Service 45 40 30940 30130
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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).
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.
Responsibility_level_grouped With the exception of the centrally managed Senior Civil Service, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level.
This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level.
Responsibility_level_grouped combines the mapped grades into five broad responsibility levels. This is the headline measure for responsibility level for the Civil Service and is consistent with the published National Statistics.
Responsibility_level_ungrouped With the exception of the centrally managed Senior Civil Service, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level.
This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level.
Responsibility_level_ungrouped shows the mapped grades at a higher level of detail, however not all Government Departments / bodies have distinct grades that map exactly to these levels so figures should be considered as approximations and treated with caution.
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).