Public and Commercial Services Union

The civil service statistics for 2006 were published on 12 July 2007. They show 554,000 employees (520,000 Full Time Equivalent) in the UK civil service.

28% of civil servants work in London and the south east, 10% in Scotland and 7% in Wales.

Almost three quarters of the civil service (71%) is made up of 4 departments including their agencies. DWP 22.4%, HMRC 18.4%, 16.5% MOD, Home Office 14.1% although, with the establishment of the Min of Justice this may have changed the balance.

Pay

The median gross salary (exclu. bonus and overtime) is £20,000 approximately £3000 less than the average salary in the UK (£23,600 in tax year 2005-6 source ASHE National Statistics February 2007).

18.2% earn up to £15 thousand and a further 28.6% between £15001 and £20 thousand which means almost a half (48.6%) are earning less than the UK’s average salary.

One quarter earned £16,000 or less and one quarter earned £26,000 or more. 45.2% are AA/AO grade.

The gender pay gap is 19% although as a quarter of employers couldn’t provide comparable figures the year on year comparison in the table below must be viewed with caution.

Equality

More than half of the civil service are women (53%) they make up 88% of part-time staff.

• 19% of the civil service work part-time.
• 8% of the civil service are from minority ethnic backgrounds
• 4% of the civil service declare that they have a disability