In 2017 the Civil Service had a total of 419,399 employees, up 1,056 (0.3%) on the previous year.

HMRC’s employment has also increased with 68,710 individuals working for the tax authority in 2017 compared to 66,650 in 2016. Out of this total 29,360 work within the tax team, 1,470 work in the digital data technology department and 2280 (3%) are within HR.

Treasury’s staff numbers have decreased from 1,330 in 2016 to 1,250 in 2017.

Just under 12% of Civil Service employees are under the age of 30, up slightly from 10.5% in 2016. Since 31 March 2016, there has been an increase of 350 (23.0%) in age band 16 to 19 years, of 6,040 (14.3%) in age band 20 to 29 years, of 1,090 (1.2%) in age band 30 to 39 years, and an increase of 260 (0.9%) in age band 60 to 64 years. The 40 to 49 years, the 50 to 59 years and the 65 and over age bands showed a decrease in employment.

The majority of Civil Service employees are in the 50 to 59 age bracket.

On 31 March 2017, of all Civil Service employees, 54% were female, down 0.2 percentage points from 31 March 2016. The proportion of females working at senior Civil Service level in 2017 was 41.2%, an increase of 1.1 percentage points on 31 March 2016.

However, there are more women than men working in junior roles (58% women) but this trend switches when you get to more senior levels where only 41% of senior civil servants are women.

The number of employees who are from an ethnic minority has only increased 0.5% on last year to reach 11.6% of all Civil Service workers. In 2017 3.5% of employees at executive officer responsibility level and 12.0% at administrative responsibility level were from an ethnic minority. At a senior level, 7% were from an ethnic minority, showing no change from the previous year. 

Civil Service statistics, UK: 2017 is avilable here.