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227704

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department and the Office of the Prime Minister identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	227953
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The Cabinet Office publishes diversity data on its website, including a breakdown of those who declare an ethnic minority background: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office/about/equality-and-diversity" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/cabinet-office/about/equality-and-diversity</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Mr Francis Maude question first answered 19/03/2015 15:41:31 answering member 115 label Biography information for Lord Maude of Horsham
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

227803

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of employees in her Department identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	227959
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the number and proportion of core Defra employees in each ethnicity category as at 28 February 2015. This includes people who have declared their ethnicity status only.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Ethnicity</p></td><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No. of staff</p></td><td><p>1237</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>1478</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>%</p></td><td><p>83.7%</p></td><td><p>6.2%</p></td><td><p>8.0%</p></td><td><p>1.6%</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 19/03/2015 15:28:02 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

227711

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	227968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The Treasury publishes information about the diversity of its workforce in its Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/03/2015 16:51:54 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

227738

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	227954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Numbers and proportions quoted in this response are taken from the Department’s HR database as of 28th February 2015. Figures are based on the Office of National Statistics definition of headcount which includes all staff employed by and paid via the Department’s payroll. Staff that did not provide or consent to disclose their diversity information are not included in the headcount totals or proportions.</p><p> </p><p><em>(a) White or white British</em></p><p> </p><p>1122 (79.6%) of employees identified themselves as White or White British.</p><p> </p><p><em>(b) Asian or Asian British,</em></p><p> </p><p>124 (8.8%) of employees identified themselves as Asian or Asian British. In order to keep with the question, employees who identified themselves as Chinese are included in the total number and proportion.</p><p> </p><p><em>(c) Black or Black British</em></p><p> </p><p>112 (7.9%) of employees identified themselves as Black or Black British.</p><p> </p><p><em>(d) Mixed or multiple ethnic group</em></p><p> </p><p>27 (1.9%) of employees identified themselves as Mixed or multiple ethnic group.</p><p> </p><p><em>(e) another ethnicity</em></p><p> </p><p>25 (1.8%) of employees identified themselves as another ethnicity.</p><p> </p><p>269 employees did not provide or consent to disclosure of their diversity information.</p><p> </p><p>As of 28th February 2015 the Department had a total Black and Minority Ethnic rate of 20% which is higher than the current Civil Service rate of 10% for 2014. The Department’s declaration rate of 84% as of 28th February 2015 is also higher than the current Civil Service declaration rate of 79%.*</p><p> </p><p>*Civil Service Black and Minority Ethnic rates taken from 2014 Office of National Statistics statistical bulletin.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 23/03/2015 14:35:08 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

227786

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept id	63
	answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
	answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
	hansard heading	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	227958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>As at 28 February 2015, the number and proportion of civil servants working for Department of Energy &amp; Climate Change had made diversity declarations as set out below:</p><p>(a) White or White British – 971 (62%);</p><p>(b) Asian or Asian British – 80 (5%);</p><p>(c) Black or Black British – 47 (3%);</p><p>(d) Mixed or multiple ethnic group – 28 (2%);</p><p>(e) Another ethnicity – less than 10 (less than 1%);</p><p>(f) People who prefer not to say or have made no declaration – 432 (27%).</p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 23/03/2015 17:13:31 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

227813

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept id	16
	answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
	hansard heading	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	227960
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Of the Foreign and Commonwealth’s 4,560 UK employees, 3,283 (71.9%) have disclosed their ethnic origin.</p><p>Of these 3,283 staff, the following proportion have identified their ethnicity on the basis set out:</p><p>a) White – 2,869 (87%)<br>b) Asian or Asian British – 187 (6%)<br>c) Black or Black British – 110 (3%)<br>d) Mixed or multiple ethnic group – 75 (2%)<br>e) Ethnicity other than the above – 42 (1%)</p><p>These figures do not include the FCO’s 9,300 locally employed staff in our 268 overseas missions.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/03/2015 16:30:49 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

227905

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of employees in her Department identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	227962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The 2014 Annual Civil Service Employment Survey (ACSES) provided employment data for all Civil Service departments, although this does not break down to all the categories requested. The data revealed that in the Home Department:<br><br>• 18,720 (68.59%) of employees identified as White <br>• 5,760 (21.10%) of employees identified as Black or Minority Ethnic (BME) <br><br>This data is based on a total of 27,290 permanent Home Department employees on payroll. Of these, 2,800 (10.26%) staff had not declared their ethnicity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 23/03/2015 16:18:34 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

227953

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	227969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>The numbers of staff at the Wales Office who identify with the ethnic groupings listed are shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>(a) white or white British</p></td><td><p>(b) Asian or Asian British</p></td><td><p>(c) Black or Black British</p></td><td><p>(d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and</p></td><td><p>(e) another ethnicity</p></td><td><p>Not</p><p>Stated/ disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>26</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>*In accordance with Cabinet Office guidelines, the Wales Office does not disclose information relating to five or fewer members of staff.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 23/03/2015 17:15:41 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

227689

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept id	26
	answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
	hansard heading	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	227951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>Table 1 gives the proportion of staff in each ethnic group in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. These proportions are statistical estimates derived from the 2014 Civil Service People Survey.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Ethnicity of staff in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Estimated Proportion</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White or White British</p><p> </p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian or Asian British</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black or Black British</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed or multiple ethnic group</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Any Other Ethnicity</p></td><td><p>0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Undeclared Ethnicity</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Source: Civil Service People Survey 2014</strong></p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 24/03/2015 11:26:54 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

227741

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	227955
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The breakdown of ethnicity within DCMS is:</p><p>White: 43%</p><p>Black: 3%</p><p>Asian: 4%</p><p>Not Declared: 48%</p><p>Other: 2%</p><p>This data is from the HR system, Oracle, and is based on employees self-declaration.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 24/03/2015 11:15:38 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero