HC Deb 29 June 1988 vol 136 cc250-1W
Mr. Janner

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what percentage of officers in each grade and overall in his Department are(a) women and (b) from ethnic minorities.

Mr. Brooke

The information is as follows:

Women
Grade Number Percentage of staff in grade Ethnic minorities1
Ethnic Number2 Percentage of staff in grade
AO 296 63 50 10.4
AA 133 78 20 10.0
SPS 15 100
PS 106 100 5 3.9
Typing Manager 10 100 * 10.0
Typist 108 98 15 11.8
Trainee Typist 2 100
Office Keeper 2 40
Senior Messenger 17 68 * 4.0
Messenger 37 65 5 5.3
Senior Paperkeeper 5 100
Paperkeeper 19 75
Security Officer 3 3 5 3.1
Reprographic Officer 12 100
Catering Manager 49 31
Industrial staff3 9 1 N/A
Total for Department 1,165 36 115 4.54
1 Information on ethnic origins was provided on a voluntary basis. The figures here are based on a response rate of 75 per cent.
2 In accordance with the Departments Code of Practice governing the use of ethnic data, figures for ethnic minorities have been rounded to the nearest 5 to preserve confidentiality; an asterisk denotes less than 3. The percentages have been calculated on the basis of unrounded data.
3 Equivalent information on ethnic origins of industrial staff is not available.
4 Because of 3 above, the percentage quoted is based on the figure for non-industrial staff only.