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date	12/12/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Diplomatic Service: Ethnic Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many resident heads of mission from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are from a black or minority ethnic background.
tabling member printed	Baroness Berridge
uin	HL4025
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2016 answer text <p>As of the 30 November, 5.3% of our Heads of Mission reported they were from a black or minority ethnic (BME) background (based on a 98% reporting rate).</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 23/12/2016 12:42:36 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge

657393

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Diplomatic Service: Ethnic Groups
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many heads of mission to international organisations from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are from a black or minority ethnic background.
tabling member printed	Baroness Berridge
uin	HL4026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2016 answer text <p>As of the 30 November, of the seven of Heads of Mission to international organisations that have reported their ethnicity (86% of the total number of Heads of Mission to international organisations), none are from a black or minority ethnic (BME) background.</p><p>Continuing to improve the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's record on diversity, equality and inclusion is fundamental to our aim of being the best diplomatic service in the world. We undertake a range of interventions to improve our leadership and management capability and to remove barriers to the progress of under-represented groups in the FCO, to help people reach their full potential. Action includes a bespoke talent development scheme for BME staff; role models from all backgrounds; diverse interview panels at all grades; diverse shortlists for senior positions as the norm; and outreach to attract diverse talent into the FCO, focused on BME candidates and those from a low-socio economic background.</p> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 23/12/2016 12:43:12 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge

657394

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Senior Civil Servants
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many staff members in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are in the top five civil service grades; and how many of those are from a black or minority ethnic background.
tabling member printed	Baroness Berridge
uin	HL4027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2016 answer text <p>As of the 30 November the total number of staff in the top five civil service grades and those that were from a black or minority ethnic (BME) background were:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>Total number of staff who have reported an ethnicity</p></td><td><p>Those that reported they were BME</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>D7</p></td><td><p>430</p></td><td><p>368</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SMS1</p></td><td><p>263</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SMS2</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SMS3</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SMS4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Anelay of St Johns question first answered 23/12/2016 12:43:32 answering member 3474 label Biography information for Baroness Anelay of St Johns
tabling member	4218 label Biography information for Baroness Berridge