§ Tom BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what percentage of(a) his Department's and (b) Commonwealth Development Corporation staff were (i) women and (ii) from ethnic minorities in each year since 1997, broken down by grade. [177055]
Gareth ThomasDetails of the percentages of women and ethnic minorities (i.e. where ethnicity has been declared) in DFID's civil service staff, by grade from 1998 onwards, are set out in table A.
Comparable gender data is not available for 1997, and ethnicity data is not available prior to 2001.
Details of the percentages of women and ethnic minorities in the CDC Group Plc (known as the Commonwealth Development Corporation until 1999) have been obtained directly from the CDC Group Plc and are set out in table B.