HC Deb 23 March 1989 vol 149 cc792-3W
Mr. Janner

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many and what percentage of officers in each grade and overall in his Department are(a) women and (b) from ethnic minorities, respectively.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

[pursuant to the reply 1 March 1989, columns 243–244]: I regret that the reply given has been found to contain an error. The amended figures are as follows:

Information in the form required is not available because records are held on a combined basis with the Department of Health.

Information for both Departments is given in the following table:

Female staff 1Ethnic minorities staff
Total staff Numbers Per cent. Numbers Per cent.
Grades 1 to 7 1,773 320 18.0 62 3.5
SEO and HEO 6,885 2,195 31.8 63 0.9
EO 23,245 13,543 58.2 534 2.3
AO and below 61,749 46,221 74.8 2,752 4.4
Others 2,752 676 24.6 75 2.7
Total 96,404 62,955 65.3 3,486 3.6
1Ethnic minorities figures are based on questionnaires voluntarily completed by staff. (75 per cent. response rate to date).

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