Socio-economic background of civil servants by grade, 2023

A bar chart from the Institute for Government showing socio-economic background of civil servants by grade, 2023, where the share of staff with a high socio-economic background increases with grade, from 45% at AO/AA grade level to 70% in the senior civil service.
Source: Institute for Government analysis of Cabinet Office, 'Civil Service People Survey', 2023.Notes: AO/AA = administrative officer/administrative assistant; EO = executive officer; SEO/HEO = senior executive officer/higher executive officer; G6/7 = grades 6 & 7; SCS = senior civil service. For details on handling of socio-economic background data, see Whitehall Monitor 2025 Methodology.Get the dataEmbed Download image
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