Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the average annual salary is for grade seven civil servants and above (a) inside and (b) outside London.

The mean annual salary for civil servants at grade 7 and above as of March 2022 was £64,730 in London and £60,000 outside London (including overseas).

As of March 2022, 2.5% of civil servants (with a reported ethnicity) at grade 7 and above reported their ethnicity as black.

The mean annual salary for civil servants who reported their ethnicity as black was £33,380, with the median at £31,060, as of March 2022.

The mean annual salary for senior civil servants working in London as of April 2021 was £88,420, with the median at £80,400. For those outside London (including overseas) the mean was £87,630 and the median was £81,450.