Notes on the data
Updated 10 December 2024
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Sex
Mar 2024 onwards
The proportion (%) of current (as of snapshot date), paid civil servants who are female.
Mar 2021 to Dec 2023
The proportion (%) of current (as of snapshot date), payroll eligible, paid civil servants (permanent, FTA or loan), who are female.
Mar 2009 to Mar 2020
The proportion (%) of current (as of snapshot date) paid permanent civil servants, who are female.
Disability
Mar 2024 onwards
The proportion (%) of current (as of snapshot date), paid civil servants, who self-declared as disabled, compared to civil servants where information has been declared and is known.
Mar 2021 to Dec 2023
The proportion (%) of current (as of snapshot date), payroll eligible, paid civil servants (permanent, FTA or loan), who self-declared as disabled, compared to civil servants where information has been declared and is known.
Mar 2009 to Mar 2020
The proportion (%) of current (as of snapshot date) paid permanent civil servants, who self-declared as disabled, compared to civil servants where information has been declared and is known.
Ethnicity
Mar 2024 onwards
The proportion (%) of current (as of snapshot date), paid civil servants, who self-declared as from an ethnic minority background, compared to civil servants where information has been declared and is known.
Mar 2021 to Dec 2023
The proportion (%) of current (as of snapshot date), payroll eligible, paid civil servants (permanent, FTA or loan), who self-declared as from an ethnic minority background, compared to civil servants where information has been declared and is known.
Mar 2009 to Mar 2020
The proportion (%) of current (as of snapshot date) paid permanent civil servants, who self-declared as from an ethnic minority background, compared to civil servants where information has been declared and is known.
Sexual orientation
Mar 2024 onwards
The proportion (%) of current (as of snapshot date), paid civil servants, who self-declared as being lesbian, gay, bisexual or declare their sexual orientation as other (LGBO), compared to civil servants where information has been declared and is known.
Mar 2021 to Dec 2023
The proportion (%) of current (as of snapshot date), payroll eligible, paid civil servants (permanent, FTA or loan), who self-declared as being lesbian, gay, bisexual or recorded their sexual orientation as other (LGBO), compared to civil servants where information has been declared and is known.
Mar 2009 to Mar 2020
The proportion (%) of current (as of snapshot date) paid permanent civil servants, who self-declared as being lesbian, gay, bisexual or recorded their sexual orientation as other (LGBO), compared to civil servants where information has been declared and is known.
Attendance management
Sick absence information is calculated using Rolling Year Average Working Days Lost (per staff year) – this includes twelve months of sickness absences up to and including the end of each quarter for all paid civil servants (current and leavers within the 12 month period).
General note
Information on Disability, Ethnicity and Sexual Orientation excludes those employees who (a) have not been surveyed or (b) have declared Prefer not to say. Coverage changed in March 2021 and March 2024 due to updated definitions.
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The Rolling Year Average Working Days Lost to Sick Absence figure for September 2024 will be released in the next quarterly publication.