§ Mr. VazTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the number and proportion of(a) Asians and (b) Afro-Caribbeans in each grade in the civil service. [11103]
align="center">Staff in post at 1 April 1996 grade level by ethnic origin Grade level Afro-Caribbean Per cent. Caribbean Afro-Asian Per cent. Asian Total respondents SCS (1 to 5) 13 0.34 43 1.13 3,819 6 18 0.42 91 2.10 4,325 7 82 0.55 216 1.45 14,906 SEO 68 0.33 263 1.28 20,500 HEO 553 0.84 736 1.12 65,839 EO 1,494 1.54 2,280 2.35 96,929 AO 4,275 2.97 5,873 4.08 144,099 AA 2,212 3.47 2,684 4.20 63,837 Other 5 0.33 8 0.53 1,505 Summary information 8,720 2.10 12,194 2.93 415,759 1. Percentages refer to total respondents in grade.
2. Source MANDATE/Departmental returns.
3. MANDATE is the Office of Public Service's database of information about civil service personnel.
It. covers most Government Departments and agencies, those not included in MANDATE are required to complete a manual return for the information.
4. The figures include both non-industrial and industrial staff.