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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.</p><p>Providing diversity information relies
on employees voluntarily completing their diversity information on our electronic
HR system and we continue to encourage staff to complete their self-declaration.</p><p>The
declaration rate for ethnicity with the Department is 67% (data as at 30 September
2018) and therefore it should be noted that the information provided below regarding
black, Asian and minority ethnic staff 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>Grade 7 –
38</p><p>Grade 5 (SCS1) – 7</p><p>Grade 3 (Director) – Nil</p>
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