"Figure 7: UK Civil Service employment, entrants and leavers, at 31 March 2017","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. With the exception of the Senior Civil Service level, government departments have delegated pay and grading. For statistical purposes departments are asked to map their grades to a common framework by responsibility level. 2. This table shows staff in their substantive responsibility level unless on temporary promotion in which case staff are recorded at the higher responsibility level. " "Unit","Headcount" "","" "","Entrants","Leavers" "Not reported","1118","946" "Senior Civil Service","309","512" "Grades 6 and 7","2207","3023" "Senior and Higher Executive Officers","5623","6556" "Executive Officers","9155","7170" "Administrative Officers and Assistants","18755","16644"