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<p>The Government is committed to working with the business community to create more
inclusive workplaces from the shop floor to the boardroom. The Government commissioned
and supports several business-led independent reviews, such as the Hampton-Alexander
Review to increase the representation of women on boards and senior leadership positions
in FTSE 350 companies to 33% by 2020 and the Parker Review to increase the ethnic
diversity of FTSE 350 boards by 2024.</p><p>These reviews form part of the Government’s
modern Industrial Strategy which aims to build an economy that works for all.</p><p>This
business-led approach is working, with, for example, the representation of women on
FTSE 100 boards rising to 30.9% from 12.5% in 2011.</p><p>Government agreed with my
Noble friend’s recommendation that companies should set and publish aspirational diversity
targets; and committed to lead from the front in the public sector. In June 2018 we
published targets for the Civil Service to tackle the under-representation of ethnic
minority staff in our most senior roles. If successful, we will approximately double
the current proportion of new recruits from an ethnic minority to 13.2% by 2025.</p>
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