Notes on the data
Updated 15 December 2023
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Gender
Mar 2021 to Sep 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 2021 to Sep 2023
The proportion (%) of current (as of snapshot date), payroll eligible, paid civil servants (permanent, FTA or loan), who declare themselves as disabled, compared to civil servants where their diversity and inclusion information for disability is known.
Mar 2009 to Mar 2020
The proportion (%) of current (as of snapshot date) paid permanent civil servants, who declare themselves as disabled, compared to civil servants where their diversity and inclusion information for disability is known.
Ethnicity
Mar 2021 to Sep 2023
The proportion (%) of current (as of snapshot date), payroll eligible, paid civil servants (permanent, FTA or loan), who declare themselves as from an ethnic minority background, compared to civil servants where their diversity and inclusion information for ethnicity is known.
Mar 2009 to Mar 2020
The proportion (%) of current (as of snapshot date) paid permanent civil servants, who declare themselves as from an ethnic minority background, compared to civil servants where their diversity and inclusion information for ethnicity is known.
Sexual orientation
Mar 2021 to Sep 2023
The proportion (%) of current (as of snapshot date), payroll eligible, paid civil servants (permanent, FTA or loan), who declare themselves as being lesbian, gay, bisexual or recorded their sexual orientation as other (LGBO), compared to civil servants where their diversity and inclusion information for sexual orientation is known.
Mar 2009 to Mar 2020
The proportion (%) of current (as of snapshot date) paid permanent civil servants, who declare themselves as being lesbian, gay, bisexual or recorded their sexual orientation as other (LGBO), compared to civil servants where their diversity and inclusion information for sexual orientation is known.
Attendance management
Sick absence information is calculated using Rolling Year Average Working Days Lost (per staff year) – it includes twelve months sick absence up to the end of each quarter for all paid civil servants at the end of that quarter.
General note
Information on Disability, Ethnicity and Sexual Orientation excludes those employees who (a) have not been surveyed or (b) have chosen not to say.
NA
The Rolling Year Average Working Days Lost to Sick Absence figure for September 2023 will be released in the next quarterly publication.