Release

Civil Service statistics: 2016

Release date: 6 October 2016 9:30am

Summary

Presents Civil Service employment statistics, compiled from the Annual Civil Service Employment Survey. These annual statistics provide regional analyses, diversity and earnings statistics for the Civil Service population.

Publications

Data

  • Civil Service statistics

    Annual data on Civil Service employment in the UK, including gender, ethnicity, disability status, earnings and location of the Civil Service workforce. This dataset has now been transferred to the Cabinet Office.

  • Annex B: Median pay

    Annual data on Civil Service employment in the UK, showing the relationship between the salary of the highest-paid employee and median salary of all employees for each department. 

  • Annex A: Sexual orientation and religious beliefs

    Annual data on Civil Service employment in the UK, by sexual orientation and religion or belief.

  • Civil Service statistics data summary tool

    An interactive tool allowing users to compare government departments and the Civil Service average, including the split between men and women, full-time and part-time employees, permanent and temporary appointments and regional analysis.

Contact details

Name

Neil Hedges

Email

cssurveys@ons.gov.uk

Phone

+44 (0)1633 456741

About the data

Accredited Official Statistics

These are accredited official statistics. They have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) and found to comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics. This broadly means that the statistics:

  • meet user needs
  • are presented clearly and accessibly
  • are produced using appropriate data and sound methods
  • are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest

Pre-release access list

The phrase 'Pre-release Access' refers to the practice whereby official statistics in their final form, and any accompanying written commentary, are made available to an eligible person in advance of their publication. The rules and principles which govern pre-release access are featured within the Pre-release Access to Official Statistics Order 2008.

Besides ONS staff, the following persons are given pre-release access by the period indicated before release.

| Access Granted To | Organisation | Period | | :— | :— | :— | | Cabinet Secretary & Head of Civil Service | Cabinet Office | 24 Hours | | Chief Executive of the Civil Service | Cabinet Office | 24 Hours | | Deputy Director Civil Service Workforce Strategy & Inclusion | Cabinet Office | 24 Hours | | Director Civil Service Workforce Strategy & Inclusion | Cabinet Office | 24 Hours | | Head of Analysis and Insight | Cabinet Office | 24 Hours | | Head of Cabinet Office Communications | Cabinet Office | 24 Hours | | Minister for the Cabinet Office & Paymaster General | Cabinet Office | 24 Hours | | Head of Profession | Cabinet Office | 24 Hours | | Senior Policy Adviser | Cabinet Office | 24 Hours | | Senior Press Officer | Cabinet Office | 24 Hours | | Special Adviser | Cabinet Office | 24 Hours | | Statistician | Cabinet Office | 24 Hours | | Statistician | Cabinet Office | 24 Hours | | Permanent Secretary | DCMS | 24 Hours |