| answer text |
<p>Whilst the Department for Education does not set explicit targets for increasing
diversity, Management Committee monitors representation rates on a monthly basis.</p><p>The
table below shows the change to the workforce over the past year:</p><table><tbody><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td><p>May-13</p></td><td><p>May-14</p></td><td><p>Annual change (percentage
points)</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>Workforce</p></td><td><p>Black and minority
ethnic</p></td><td><p>16.6%</p></td><td><p>16.6%</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Women</p></td><td><p>59.0%</p></td><td><p>57.8%</p></td><td><p>-1.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disabled</p></td><td><p>11.7%</p></td><td><p>12.1%</p></td><td><p>+0.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LGBT</p></td><td><p>4.0%</p></td><td><p>4.1%</p></td><td><p>+0.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>We also monitor the Department's representation rates at SCS against Civil
Service 2013 targets:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Female</strong></p></td><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>BME</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Disabled</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td><p>DfE</p></td><td><p>CS target</p></td><td><p>DfE</p></td><td><p>CS target</p></td><td><p>DfE</p></td><td><p>CS
target</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS</p></td><td><p>44.1%</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td><td><p>5.4%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>5.7%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Women
(Director and above)</p></td><td><p>42.9%</p></td><td><p>34%</p></td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table>
|
|
