§ Mr. JannerTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what steps he has taken to recruit members of ethnic minorities in top grades of employment at his Department.
Mr. JacksonSenior grades are recruited by the Civil Service Commission. The commission has taken various steps to aid recruitment of members of the ethnic minorities. The ED group will shortly be implementing equal opportunities action programmes focusing on the need to increase the represention of ethnic minorities and women and people with disabilities, in the higher grades. These programmes will reflect the programme of action on race issued by the office of the Minister for the Civil Service.
4WThe available information for Leeds, West from censuses of employment taken in 1984 and 1987 is given in the table. Separate data for young persons and ethnic minorities are not available. Comparable data from the 1981 census of employment could be obtained only at disproportionate cost; data from the 1987 census are the latest currently available.
§ Mr. JannerTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many and what percentage of officers in each grade 1 to 7 and overall in the Department are(a) women and (b) from ethnic minorities, respectively.
Mr. JacksonThe numbers and percentages of women and ethnic minority officers in grades 1 to 7 and overall in the Department at 1 January 1991 are set out in the tables.
Table 1 Women in the employment department group (grades 1–7) at 1 January 1991 Grade Number Percentage 1 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 3 3 10.3 4 0 0.0 5 27 15.7 6 35 12.3 7 139 12.6 The Department employs 35,142 women who comprise 65.7 per cent. of the total staff.
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Table 2 Ethnic minority staff in the employment department group (grades 1–7) at 1 January 1991 Grade Number Percentage 1 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 3 0 0.0 4 1 7.1
Grade Number Percentage 5 1 0.6 6 0 0.0 7 9 0.8 The Department employes 2,556 staff from the ethnic minorities who comprise 4.8 per cent. of the total staff.