Department for Work and Pensions: Civil Servants

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Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people were employed by her Department at each civil service grade in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK in the financial years (i) 2018-19, (ii) 2019-20 and (iii) 2020–21; and what the average salary at each civil service grade was for those employed (a) full-time and (b) part-time in each of those regions for each of those years.


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This question was answered on 29th September 2022

All staff in UK

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

Headcount

Average Salary

Headcount

Average Salary

Headcount

Average Salary

Full time

54,526

£25,025

50,558

£26,051

62,467

£28,537

A/AA

211

£18,245

201

£19,080

146

£20,410

B/AO

18,520

£18,328

16,480

£18,532

17,518

£21,330

C/EO

25,113

£25,278

23,484

£26,110

33,962

£28,266

D/HEO

5,905

£30,045

5,499

£31,028

5,630

£33,576

E/SEO

2,302

£33,662

2,287

£35,290

2,457

£37,894

F/G7

1,604

£47,105

1,687

£48,954

1,791

£52,760

G/G6

649

£58,652

703

£61,384

727

£66,323

SCS

222

£80,599

217

£81,203

236

£89,722

Part time

35,784

£32,771

35,921

£33,844

34,897

£36,970

A/AA

244

£26,871

240

£28,100

170

£30,440

B/AO

16,359

£27,581

15,980

£28,214

14,216

£30,968

C/EO

16,181

£35,464

16,574

£36,469

17,396

£39,032

D/HEO

1,980

£39,156

2,014

£40,812

2,003

£44,113

E/SEO

567

£44,484

613

£46,301

607

£51,364

F/G7

319

£64,208

342

£66,089

351

£71,790

G/G6

106

£82,589

131

£83,253

124

£89,786

SCS

28

£83,883

27

£106,740

30

£108,552

Total

90,310

£27,479

86,479

£28,651

97,364

£30,912

Scotland Staff

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

Headcount

Average Salary

Headcount

Average Salary

Headcount

Average Salary

Full time

5,874

£22,299

5,292

£23,098

5,730

£25,703

A/AA

10

£18,592

9

£19,435

8

£20,147

B/AO

2,594

£17,935

2,297

£18,332

2,212

£20,859

C/EO

2,631

£24,473

2,404

£25,378

2,953

£27,489

D/HEO

469

£28,911

426

£29,655

410

£32,641

E/SEO

105

£29,454

97

£34,232

91

£36,521

F/G7

46

£43,301

40

£47,130

41

£49,725

G/G6

13

£59,237

14

£47,667

10

£61,966

SCS

6

£78,900

5

£87,429

5

£87,279

Part time

3,881

£31,038

3,887

£31,857

3,654

£35,132

A/AA

13

£25,326

13

£24,757

10

£27,150

B/AO

2,017

£26,535

1,989

£27,231

1,799

£30,116

C/EO

1,666

£35,144

1,701

£35,744

1,675

£39,027

D/HEO

149

£39,041

143

£42,450

133

£46,753

E/SEO

25

£45,948

30

£47,495

29

£51,937

F/G7

8

£68,956

9

£65,451

6

£75,359

G/G6

3

£63,353

2

£85,743

2

£87,887

Total

9,755

£25,064

9,179

£26,070

9,384

£28,594

Staffing figure includes all staff during each year, both Paid & unpaid, and all leavers.

Full time staff are all those with an FTE of 1.0, Part time staff are all those with less than 1.0 FTE.

The average salaries are derived from the actual salaries held.

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