§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for each civil service grade in his Department(a) the total number of people employed, (b) the total number of black people and (c) the total number of Asians.
§ Mr. GummerThe total numbers, and the numbers of black and Asian staff1 at each grade level are as follows:
Total in grade Black Asians(excluding Chinese) Grade 1 1 0 0 Grade 2 7 0 0 Grade 3 34 0 0 Grade 4 7 0 0 Grade 5 144 0 0 Grade 6 309 1 0 per cent. 0.3 Grade 7 776 8 2 per cent. 1.0 0.3 SEO and equivalent 740 3 12 per cent. 0.4 1.6 HEO and equivalent 981 18 24 per cent. 1.8 2.4 EO and equivalent 1,224 28 42 per cent. 2.3 3.4 AO and equivalent 1,601 131 76 per cent. 8.2 4.7 AA and equivalent 790 65 36 per cent. 8.2 4.6 Total 6,614 254 192 per cent 3.8 2.9 1Figures are for permanent full time and part-time non-industrial staff, including those in agencies based on those who have responded to ethnic origin surveys as at 1 October 1993. Respondents account for 91 per cent. of all staff; a total of 510 respondents—7.7 per cent. of all staff overall —are of ethnic minority origin.