Our organisation’s structure
See our organisational chart down to head of department level below.
Our organisational structure (PDF, 0.42 MB)
Staff sick absences
View figures relating to National Archives staff sick absences below. Content provided in this section is additional to that required by the Government’s transparency commitments. This content is updated on a monthly basis.
Gender pay gap
Gender pay reporting legislation requires employers with 250 or more employees to publish statutory calculations every year showing how large the pay gap is between their male and female employees and is expressed as a percentage. It differs from equal pay, which is concerned with pay differences between men and women who carry out the same jobs, similar jobs, or work of equal value. The documents below provide a breakdown of this data from 2017 to 2021. There are also links to the Gender Pay Gap reports from the gov.uk website from 2022-23 onwards.
Gender pay gap 2021 (PDF, 0.32 MB)
Gender pay gap 2020 (PDF, 0.28 MB)
Gender pay gap 2019 (PDF, 0.28 MB)
Gender pay gap 2018 (PDF, 0.07 MB)
Gender pay gap 2017 (PDF, 53 KB)
Public Sector Apprenticeships target data reporting 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021
Apprenticeships are more important than ever in helping businesses to recruit the right people and develop the skills needed to recover and grow – both now and in the long term.
In the difficult and uncertain operating context created by the pandemic it is vital that the public sector leads the way and continues to demonstrate a commitment to apprenticeships as a means to boost employment and raise skills capability in the economy.
All public sector bodies who employ 250 staff or more have a legal requirement to publish their progress against the public sector apprenticeships target and submit this to the Department for Education. Data for The National Archives for this period is detailed below:
- Number of employees who were working for The National Archives on 31 March 2021: 545
- Number of new employees who started working for The National Archives between 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021: 62
- Number of apprentices who were working for The National Archives on 31 March 2021: 6
- Number of new apprentices at The National Archives between 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021 (includes both new hires and existing employees who started an apprenticeship): 3
- Percentage of apprenticeship starts (both new hires and existing employees who started an apprenticeship) as a proportion of employment starts between 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021: 4.84%
- Percentage of total headcount that were apprentices on 31 March 2021: 1.10%
Trade Union facility time data
The data provides information about the time employees take off for official trade union activities, and the costs involved. This data is also available on data.gov.uk. This data is updated on an annual basis.
Trade Union Facility Time Data: April 2023-March 2024 (PDF, 0.12 MB)
Trade Union Facility Time Data: April 2022-March 2023 (PDF, 0.12 MB)
Trade Union Facility Time Data: April 2021-March 2022 (PDF, 0.12 MB)
Trade Union Facility Time Data: April 2020-March 2021 (PDF, 0.02 MB)
Trade Union Facility Time Data: April 2019-March 2020 (PDF, 0.17 MB)
Trade Union Facility Time Data: April 2018-March 2019 (PDF, 0.17 MB)