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<p>As part of our commitment to achieving a workforce representative of the society
we serve and providing equality of opportunity, we monitor representation of all protected
characteristics across the department. Providing diversity information relies on employees
voluntarily completing their diversity information on our electronic Human Resources
system and we continue to encourage staff to complete their self-declaration.</p><p>The
declaration rate for faith and belief within the Department is 58%, which is 937 members
of Departmental staff as of 23 October 2019 and therefore, it should be noted that
the information provided below refers only to staff who have completed their self-declaration.
This information refers only to Departmental staff and does not include staff from
our executive agencies or arm’s length bodies.</p><p>The number of Departmental staff
who have declared their faith and belief as Muslim, which we have grouped into grades
to ensure that we do not disclose personally identifiable information, are:</p><p>-
Administrative Officer – Grade 7 – 37; and</p><p>- Senior Civil Servant – less than
five.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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