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228101

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of staff in (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are former members of the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	228117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on the numbers of civilian staff in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) who previously served in the Armed Forces is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>As at 1 January 2015, the Ministry of Defence employed 160,700 Service personnel and 64,010 civilian staff. This equated to proportions of 71.5% and 28.5%, respectively. Further analysis of recent trends in Service and civilian personnel strengths can be found in Table 2.03.1 of the Department's 'Bulletin 2.03 - Service and Civilian Personnel' report (revised on 22 January 2015) which can be found at the following address:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/396759/Bulletin2.03_Personnel_Bulletin-Final_2014_Revised.pdf#page=8</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 228118 question first answered 23/03/2015 16:37:56 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

228102

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of staff in (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are members of the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	228118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on the numbers of civilian staff in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) who previously served in the Armed Forces is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p>As at 1 January 2015, the Ministry of Defence employed 160,700 Service personnel and 64,010 civilian staff. This equated to proportions of 71.5% and 28.5%, respectively. Further analysis of recent trends in Service and civilian personnel strengths can be found in Table 2.03.1 of the Department's 'Bulletin 2.03 - Service and Civilian Personnel' report (revised on 22 January 2015) which can be found at the following address:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/396759/Bulletin2.03_Personnel_Bulletin-Final_2014_Revised.pdf#page=8</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 228117 question first answered 23/03/2015 16:37:56 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

227686

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of employees in the Law Officers Departments 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	227952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>It is not compulsory for staff to declare their ethnicity and the following table therefore only provides details on the number of staff in the Law Officers’ Departments who have chosen to declare their ethnicity, and the proportions these represent of the overall workforce.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Treasury Solicitor’s </strong></p><p><strong>Department (TSol) *</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Serious Fraud Office</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Crown Prosecution </strong></p><p><strong>Service </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnic Origin</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian/Asian British</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>6.1%</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>7.3%</p></td><td><p>471</p></td><td><p>7.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black/Black British</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>4.8%</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>4.3%</p></td><td><p>351</p></td><td><p>5.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed/Multiple Ethnic</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>2.6%</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>3.8%</p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>2.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White/White British</p></td><td><p>883</p></td><td><p>44.2%</p></td><td><p>194</p></td><td><p>48.9%</p></td><td><p>4478</p></td><td><p>70.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Ethnic</p><p>Background</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>1.5%</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2%</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>1.1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>* TSol data also covers the staff of the Attorney General’s Office and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 25/03/2015 14:40:33 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
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

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

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

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

227764

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, 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	227956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <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 &quot;other ethnic background&quot;.</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 &quot;not to declare&quot; are reflected under the heading &quot;Unknown&quot; in the table above.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 25/03/2015 15:57:33 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

227776

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, 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	227957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2015 answer text <p>The number and proportion of employees in the Department for Education who have declared their ethnicity 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 is detailed below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Headcount</p></td><td><p>% of declared</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p><p>Asian</p><p>Black</p><p>Mixed ethnicity</p><p>Other ethnicity</p><p>Not declared</p></td><td><p>2110</p><p>220</p><p>110</p><p>60</p><p>40</p><p>950</p></td><td><p>83%</p><p>9%</p><p>4%</p><p>2%</p><p>2%</p><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Department for Education RM data as at February 2015</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 24/03/2015 14:28:25 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero