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<p>Information on the number and proportion of employees in the Ministry of Defence
identified as white or white British, Asian or Asian British, Black or Black British,
mixed or multiple ethnic group and another ethnicity is shown in the following tables:</p><p>
</p><p>Service Personnel as at 1 April 2014:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>All
Personnel</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>Unknown</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All
Services</p></td><td><p>159,630</p></td><td><p>146,440</p></td><td><p>1,955</p></td><td><p>6,450</p></td><td><p>2,025</p></td><td><p>770</p></td><td><p>1,980</p></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td><p>92.9%</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>4.1%</p></td><td><p>1.3%</p></td><td><p>0.5%</p></td><td>
</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. Percentages are calculated
from unrounded data and only include personnel with a known ethnic origin.</p><p>
</p><p>2. Asian comprises: Asian Bangladeshi, Asian Pakistani, Asian Indian and other
Asian Backgrounds, and reflecting changes made in the 2011 Census, now includes Chinese.</p><p>Black
comprises: Black Caribbean, Black African and other Black Backgrounds.</p><p>Mixed
comprises: Mixed Black African and White, Mixed Asian and White, Mixed Black Caribbean
and White and other Mixed Ethnic Backgrounds.</p><p>Other is defined as “other ethnic
background”.</p><p>Unknown includes those with an unrecorded ethnic origin and those
who chose not to declare.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Civilian Personnel at 1 April 2014:</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Total Civilian Personnel</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>White</p></td><td
rowspan="2"><p>Asian</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Black</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Mixed</p></td><td
rowspan="2"><p>Other</p></td><td rowspan="2"><p>Unknown</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>
</td></tr><tr><td><p>41,400</p></td><td><p>39,780</p></td><td><p>840</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>6,570</p></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>96.1%</p></td><td><p>2.0%</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td><p>0.7%</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td>
</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. The table above excludes
Trading Funds, Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) and Locally Engaged Civilians overseas
(LEC) for whom declaration data are not available.</p><p> </p><p>2. Percentages are
calculated from unrounded data and only include personnel with a known ethnic origin.</p><p>
</p><p>3. Asian comprises: Asian Bangladeshi, Asian Pakistani, Asian Indian and other
Asian Backgrounds, and reflecting changes made in the 2011 Census, now includes Chinese.</p><p>Black
comprises: Black Caribbean, Black African and other Black Backgrounds.</p><p>Mixed
comprises: Mixed Black African and White, Mixed Asian and White, Mixed Black Caribbean
and White and other Mixed Ethnic Backgrounds.</p><p>Other is defined as "other
ethnic background".</p><p> </p><p>4. Ethnicity is a self declared characteristic
on the civilian Human Resources Management System. As such, those personnel that have
not declared at all and/or have chosen "not to declare" are reflected under
the heading "Unknown" in the table above.</p><p> </p>
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