Civil Servants (Ethnic Minorities) (Hansard, 5 November 1998)

§ Mr. Vaz
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will provide a breakdown, in numerical and percentage terms, of the ethnic origin of civil servants in his Department, by grade, as at 1 October 1997. [56820]

§ Dr. Jack Cunningham
The information for all Government Departments is as follows:
Information on the ethnic origin of civil servants is collected using a voluntary, confidential questionnaire. The number and percentage of civil servants from ethnic minorities who have submitted a questionnaire, by grade equivalents, for each Department, are set out in the tables. Civil Service employment statistics are centrally collected and updated annually, as at 1 April. Data for 1998 are still being collated, therefore the figures quoted in this answer are as at 1 April 1997.
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Number of ethnic minority staff in post by department and responsibility level at 1 April 1997¹

Departments SCS Grade 6 Grade 7 SEO HEO EO AO AA Total

Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service ³— ³— ³— ⁵— 6 ⁵— 22 8 41

Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Ministry of ² ³— ⁵— 13 9 25 43 136 147 380

Cabinet Office ³— ³— ⁵— ³— ⁵— 20 43 15 81

Charity Commission ³— ³— ⁵— ³— ⁵— 15 31 21 71

Crown Prosecution Service² ³— ⁵— 15 100 14 86 139 75 430

Culture, Media and Sport, Department for² ³— ³— ³— ⁵— ³— 5 14 15 40

Customs and Excise ⁵— ⁵— 9 13 113 426 506 247 1,318

Defence, Ministry of 10 9 50 109 164 238 385 369 1,334

Education and Employment, Department for ³— ³— 10 10 51 641 1,590 154 2,456

Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) ³— ⁵— ⁵— ³— ⁵— 7 22 ⁵— 52

Environment, Transport and the Regions, Department of the ³— 7 24 47 56 163 363 139 805

Health and Safety Commission/Executive² ³— ⁵— 6 28 17 26 65 57 200

Export Credits Guarantee Department ³— ⁵— ⁵— ⁵— 10 14 22 12 65

FCO: Diplomatic Service ³— ⁵— ⁵— ⁵— 19 35 100 27 189

Friendly Societies, Registry of ⁵— ⁵— ³— ⁵— ⁵— 5 13 8 32

Government Actuary ³— ³— ³— ³— ³— ⁵— ⁵— ³— ⁵—

Health, Department of ² 12 ⁵— 30 66 5 124 289 6 530

HM Prison Service 14 42 8 8 38 119 646 220 1,095

Home Office ⁵— ⁵— 5 15 42 319 549 347 1,280

Information, Central Office of ³— ³— ³— ⁵— 5 7 11 ⁵— 26

Inland Revenue 5 10 30 39 180 561 1,286 1,262 3,373

International Development, Department for ⁵— ⁵— ⁵— ³— ⁵— 13 43 14 76

Intervention Board ³— ³— ³— ³— ³— 8 43 14 65

Land Registry ⁵— ⁵— ³— 8 8 56 210 106 391

Legal Secretariat ³— ³— ³— ³— ³— ³— ⁵— ³— ⁵—

Lord Chancellor's Department ³— ³— ⁵— ⁵— 26 194 555 171 955

National Investment and Loans Office ³— ³— ³— ³— ³— ⁵— ⁵— ³— 5

National Savings, Department for ³— ³— ⁵— ³— ⁵— ⁵— 17 8 31

National Statistics, Office for ³— ³— 6 5 17 45 81 16 170

Northern Ireland Office ³— ³— ⁵— ³— ³— 6 ⁵— 11 21

Office of Electricity Regulation ³— ³— ³— ³— ³— 6 9 6 21

Office of Fair Trading ⁵— ³— ³— ³— ⁵— 14 27 15 58

Office of Gas Supply ³— ³— ³— ³— ³— 6 ⁵— ⁵— 11

Office of Passenger Rail Franchising ³— ³— ⁵— ³— ⁵— ⁵— 6 ³— 12

Office of the National Lottery ³— ³— ³— ³— ⁵— ³— ⁵— ⁵— ⁵—

Office of the Rail Regulator ³— ³— ³— ³— ³— ⁵— 5 ⁵— 8

Ordnance Survey ³— ³— ³— ⁵— ⁵— 13 7 ⁵— 25

Privy Council Office ³— ³— ³— ³— ³— ⁵— ⁵— ³— ⁵—

Public Record Office² ³— ³— ³— ³— ³— 5 6 ⁵— 20

Royal Mint ³— ³— ⁵— ⁵— ⁵— ³— ³— ⁵— ⁵—

Scottish Office ⁵— ⁵— ⁵— ⁵— ⁵— ⁵— ⁵— 7 20

Other Scottish departments ³— ³— ³— ³— ³— ⁵— ⁵— 5 13

Security and Intelligence Services ³— ³— ³— ⁵— ⁵— ⁵— 5 ³— 13

Serious Fraud Office ⁵— ³— ³— ⁵— ⁵— 9 8 ⁵— 28

Social Security, Department of ² ³— 20 ⁵— 8 63 914 3,216 1,056 5,280

Trade and Industry, Department of ² ³— ⁵— 19 42 96 187 405 205 960

Treasury ⁵— ³— 5 8 ³— 12 56 18 100

Treasury Solicitor ⁵— ⁵— 6 ⁵— ⁵— 12 21 ⁵— 50

Welsh Office (including OHMCIS) ³— ³— ³— ⁵— ⁵— ⁵— 5 ⁵— 13

Total 51 120 259 542 993 4,381 10,977 4,802 22,148

Percentage of ethnic minority staff in post by department and responsibility level at 1 April 1997¹

Departments SCS Grade 6 Grade 7 SEO HEO EO AO AA Total

Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service ³— ³— ³— 0.9 2.8 7.7 16.7 32.0 7.3

Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Ministry of ³— 1.6 1.9 1.5 2.3 3.0 6.9 9.5 4.9

Cabinet Office (including OPS) ³— ³— 0.9 ³— 1.7 10.2 18.6 12.8 9.1

Charity Commission ³— ⁴— 3.8 ³— 4.2 8.8 24.8 28.0 14.0

Crown Prosecution Service ³— 2.0 3.2 8.5 4.2 7.2 11.7 11.2 8.3

Culture, Media and Sport, Department for ³— ³— ³— 3.6 ³— 6.7 6.6 19.7 6.9

Customs and Excise 1.4 3.7 2.7 1.0 2.5 6.1 10.0 9.7 6.3

Defence, Ministry of 2.8 1.2 1.7 1.8 1.4 1.6 2.0 3.1 2.0

Education and Employment, Department for ³— ³— 1.9 1.5 2.7 8.2 14.0 14.7 10.5

Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED) ³— 2.2 16.7 ³— 13.6 15.6 40.0 40.0 11.4

Environment, Transport and the Regions, Department of the ³— 2.3 2.8 5.8 3.6 4.4 10.0 8.0 6.2

Health and Safety Commission/Executive ³— 1.7 1.1 2.7 3.9 6.8 8.5 11.5 5.2

Export Credits Guarantee Department ³— 20.0 8.5 6.7 12.2 17.3 35.5 46.2 18.5

FCO: Diplomatic Service ³— 1.3 0.6 1.3 2.1 2.9 9.4 15.7 4.1

Friendly Societies, Registry of 16.7 50.0 ³— 18.2 13.3 23.8 52.0 50.0 30.2

Government Actuary ³— ⁴— ³— ³— ³— 100.0 50.0 ³— 8.0

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Percentage of ethnic minority staff in post by department and responsibility level at 1 April 1997¹

Departments SCS Grade 6 Grade 7 SEO HEO EO AO AA Total

Health, Department of 4.3 11.1 5.2 8.2 6.4 17.8 26.9 54.5 15.1

HM Prison Service 20.3 24.3 1.7 1.1 3.6 3.0 2.5 3.9 2.9

Home Office 1.0 2.2 1.2 2.7 3.0 9.7 22.5 18.8 12.6

Information, Central Office of ³— ³— ³— 2.5 7.0 21.9 22.0 5.0 9.0

Inland Revenue 2.1 1.1 1.4 1.8 3.1 4.5 6.8 9.1 6.0

International Development, Department for 3.4 3.8 1.7 ³— 2.8 7.0 14.1 15.2 9.1

Intervention Board ³— ³— ³— ³— ³— 4.3 11.7 19.2 8.3

Land Registry 4.0 1.5 3 2.8 1.5 2.5 6.6 6.8 4.9

Legal Secretariat ³— ³— ³— ⁴— ⁴— ³— 33.3 ³— 5.6

Lord Chancellor's Department ³— ³— 2.1 1.1 2.7 9.3 11.8 8.3 9.1

National Investment and Loans Office ³— ⁴— ³— ³— ⁴— 20.0 33.3 ⁴— 17.9

National Savings, Department for ³— ³— 2.6 ³— 0.3 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.7

National Statistics, Office for ³— ³— 3.8 3.1 3.8 6.4 7.9 3.8 5.7

Northern Ireland Office ³— ³— 12.5 ³— ³— 31.6 14.3 34.4 20.8

Office of Electricity Regulation ³— ³— ³— ³— ³— 15.4 18.4 26.1 10.3

Office of Fair Trading 20.0 ³— ³— ³— 2.3 22.2 49.1 57.7 26.2

Office of Gas Supply ³— ³— ³— ³— ³— 19.4 20.0 50.0 12.1

Office of Passenger Rail Franchising ³— ³— 3.1 ³— 16.7 30.0 35.3 ³— 11.3

Office of the National Lottery ⁴— ⁴— ⁴— ⁴— 100.0 ⁴— 100.0 100.0 100.0

Office of the Rail Regulator ³— ³— ³— ⁴— ³— 11.1 17.9 100.0 7.5

Ordnance Survey ³— ³— ³— 1.5 1.1 1.4 2.7 4.2 1.5

Privy Council Office ³— ⁴— ³— ³— ³— 10.0 11.0 ³— 14.3

Public Record Office ³— ³— ³— ³— ³— 19.2 35.3 25.0 15.0

Royal Mint ³— ³— 14.3 6.7 0.9 ³— ³— 3.3 1.1

Scottish Office 0.7 1.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.8 0.4

Other Scottish departments ³— ³— ³— ³— ³— ³— 0.5 0.5 0.0

Security and Intelligence Services ³— ³— ³— 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.6 ³— 0.3

Serious Fraud Office 14.3 ³— ³— 6.3 17.4 29.0 27.6 33.3 16.9

Social Security, Dept of ³— 9.3 0.7 0.9 1.8 4.3 7.5 8.3 6.4

Trade and Industry, Department of ³— 3.1 2.4 7.3 6.6 11.9 18.5 16.9 11.8

Treasury 1.5 ³— 4.0 4.8 ⁴— 11.9 25.2 32.7 13.4

Treasury Solicitor 2.8 3.4 11.5 13.3 10.7 21.1 32.3 13.6 15.0

Welsh Office (including OHMCIS) ³— ³— ³— 3.7 0.5 0.8 1.2 0.6 0.9

Total 1.6 2.9 1.9 2.8 2.6 4.8 7.2 7.6 5.7

¹ Number of non industrial staff who responded to departmental surveys on ethnic origin

² Rounded to nearest 10 to preserve confidentiality

³ Zero per cent.

⁴ No staff reported at this grade

⁵ Less than five staff

Note:
Departmental totals include a few staff whose grades are not known
Source:
Mandate and Departmental Returns

§ Mr. Vaz
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will provide a breakdown, in numerical and percentage terms, of the ethnic origin of civil servants in his private office, as at 1 October 1997. [56822]

§ Dr. Jack Cunningham
The information for all Government Departments is as follows:
Information on the ethnic origin of civil servants is collected using a voluntary, confidential questionnaire. The number and percentage of ethnic minority staff in Ministers' private offices are set out in the table. Civil Service employment statistics are collected and updated annually, as at 1 April. Data for 1998 are still being collated, therefore the figures quoted in this answer are as at 1 April 1997.
To protect the privacy of individual staff, data relating to fewer than five people are not disclosed in Civil Service equal opportunities monitoring.
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Ethnic origin of Private Office staff at 1 April 1997¹

Department Ethnic minority Ethnic minority(%)

Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Ministry of 5 20

Cabinet Office 5 26.3

Culture, Media and Sport, Department for * n/a

Defence, Ministry of * n/a

Education and Employment, Department for 8 15.1

Environment Transport and the Regions, Department of the 9 15.8

FCO * n/a

Health, Department of * n/a

Home Office 8 12.7

Department for International Development * n/a

Lord Chancellor's Department * n/a

Northern Ireland Office * n/a

Privy Council Office 0 0

Scottish Office * n/a

Social Security 11 28.2

Trade and Industry, Department of 15 23.4

Treasury * n/a

¹Based on headcount of staff who responded to survey on ethnic origin

* Less than five

Source:
Departmental Returns
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§ Mr. Vaz
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will provide a breakdown in numerical and percentage terms, of the ethnic origin, as at 1 October 1997, of civil servants at each grade. [56843]

§ Dr. Jack Cunningham
Information on the ethnic origin of civil servants is collected using a voluntary, confidential questionnaire. The number and percentage of civil servants from ethnic minorities who have submitted a questionnaire, by grade equivalents, is set out in the table. Civil Service employment statistics are centrally collected and updated annually, as at 1 April. Data for 1998 are still being checked, therefore the figures quoted in this answer are as at 1 April 1997.

Total ethnic minority staff in post by responsibility level at 1 April 1997¹

Responsibility Level Ethnic minority staff number Ethnic minority staff percentage

SCS 51 1.6

Grade 6 120 2.9

Grade 7 259 1.9

SEO 542 2.8

HEO 993 2.6

EO 4,381 4.8

AO 10,977 7.2

AA 4,802 7.6

Total 22,148 5.7

¹ Non industrial staff who responded to departmental surveys on ethnic origin.

Source:
Mandate and Departmental Returns

Number of ethnic minority staff in post by department and responsibility level at 1 April 1997¹
Departments	SCS	Grade 6	Grade 7	SEO	HEO	EO	AO	AA	Total
Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service	³—	³—	³—	⁵—	6	⁵—	22	8	41
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Ministry of ²	³—	⁵—	13	9	25	43	136	147	380
Cabinet Office	³—	³—	⁵—	³—	⁵—	20	43	15	81
Charity Commission	³—	³—	⁵—	³—	⁵—	15	31	21	71
Crown Prosecution Service²	³—	⁵—	15	100	14	86	139	75	430
Culture, Media and Sport, Department for²	³—	³—	³—	⁵—	³—	5	14	15	40
Customs and Excise	⁵—	⁵—	9	13	113	426	506	247	1,318
Defence, Ministry of	10	9	50	109	164	238	385	369	1,334
Education and Employment, Department for	³—	³—	10	10	51	641	1,590	154	2,456
Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED)	³—	⁵—	⁵—	³—	⁵—	7	22	⁵—	52
Environment, Transport and the Regions, Department of the	³—	7	24	47	56	163	363	139	805
Health and Safety Commission/Executive²	³—	⁵—	6	28	17	26	65	57	200
Export Credits Guarantee Department	³—	⁵—	⁵—	⁵—	10	14	22	12	65
FCO: Diplomatic Service	³—	⁵—	⁵—	⁵—	19	35	100	27	189
Friendly Societies, Registry of	⁵—	⁵—	³—	⁵—	⁵—	5	13	8	32
Government Actuary	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	⁵—	⁵—	³—	⁵—
Health, Department of ²	12	⁵—	30	66	5	124	289	6	530
HM Prison Service	14	42	8	8	38	119	646	220	1,095
Home Office	⁵—	⁵—	5	15	42	319	549	347	1,280
Information, Central Office of	³—	³—	³—	⁵—	5	7	11	⁵—	26
Inland Revenue	5	10	30	39	180	561	1,286	1,262	3,373
International Development, Department for	⁵—	⁵—	⁵—	³—	⁵—	13	43	14	76
Intervention Board	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	8	43	14	65
Land Registry	⁵—	⁵—	³—	8	8	56	210	106	391
Legal Secretariat	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	⁵—	³—	⁵—
Lord Chancellor's Department	³—	³—	⁵—	⁵—	26	194	555	171	955
National Investment and Loans Office	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	⁵—	⁵—	³—	5
National Savings, Department for	³—	³—	⁵—	³—	⁵—	⁵—	17	8	31
National Statistics, Office for	³—	³—	6	5	17	45	81	16	170
Northern Ireland Office	³—	³—	⁵—	³—	³—	6	⁵—	11	21
Office of Electricity Regulation	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	6	9	6	21
Office of Fair Trading	⁵—	³—	³—	³—	⁵—	14	27	15	58
Office of Gas Supply	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	6	⁵—	⁵—	11
Office of Passenger Rail Franchising	³—	³—	⁵—	³—	⁵—	⁵—	6	³—	12
Office of the National Lottery	³—	³—	³—	³—	⁵—	³—	⁵—	⁵—	⁵—
Office of the Rail Regulator	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	⁵—	5	⁵—	8
Ordnance Survey	³—	³—	³—	⁵—	⁵—	13	7	⁵—	25
Privy Council Office	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	⁵—	⁵—	³—	⁵—
Public Record Office²	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	5	6	⁵—	20
Royal Mint	³—	³—	⁵—	⁵—	⁵—	³—	³—	⁵—	⁵—
Scottish Office	⁵—	⁵—	⁵—	⁵—	⁵—	⁵—	⁵—	7	20
Other Scottish departments	³—	³—	³—	³—	³—	⁵—	⁵—	5	13
Security and Intelligence Services	³—	³—	³—	⁵—	⁵—	⁵—	5	³—	13
Serious Fraud Office	⁵—	³—	³—	⁵—	⁵—	9	8	⁵—	28
Social Security, Department of ²	³—	20	⁵—	8	63	914	3,216	1,056	5,280
Trade and Industry, Department of ²	³—	⁵—	19	42	96	187	405	205	960
Treasury	⁵—	³—	5	8	³—	12	56	18	100
Treasury Solicitor	⁵—	⁵—	6	⁵—	⁵—	12	21	⁵—	50
Welsh Office (including OHMCIS)	³—	³—	³—	⁵—	⁵—	⁵—	5	⁵—	13
Total	51	120	259	542	993	4,381	10,977	4,802	22,148

Percentage of ethnic minority staff in post by department and responsibility level at 1 April 1997¹
Departments	SCS	Grade 6	Grade 7	SEO	HEO	EO	AO	AA	Total
Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service	³—	³—	³—	0.9	2.8	7.7	16.7	32.0	7.3
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Ministry of	³—	1.6	1.9	1.5	2.3	3.0	6.9	9.5	4.9
Cabinet Office (including OPS)	³—	³—	0.9	³—	1.7	10.2	18.6	12.8	9.1
Charity Commission	³—	⁴—	3.8	³—	4.2	8.8	24.8	28.0	14.0
Crown Prosecution Service	³—	2.0	3.2	8.5	4.2	7.2	11.7	11.2	8.3
Culture, Media and Sport, Department for	³—	³—	³—	3.6	³—	6.7	6.6	19.7	6.9
Customs and Excise	1.4	3.7	2.7	1.0	2.5	6.1	10.0	9.7	6.3
Defence, Ministry of	2.8	1.2	1.7	1.8	1.4	1.6	2.0	3.1	2.0
Education and Employment, Department for	³—	³—	1.9	1.5	2.7	8.2	14.0	14.7	10.5
Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED)	³—	2.2	16.7	³—	13.6	15.6	40.0	40.0	11.4
Environment, Transport and the Regions, Department of the	³—	2.3	2.8	5.8	3.6	4.4	10.0	8.0	6.2
Health and Safety Commission/Executive	³—	1.7	1.1	2.7	3.9	6.8	8.5	11.5	5.2
Export Credits Guarantee Department	³—	20.0	8.5	6.7	12.2	17.3	35.5	46.2	18.5
FCO: Diplomatic Service	³—	1.3	0.6	1.3	2.1	2.9	9.4	15.7	4.1
Friendly Societies, Registry of	16.7	50.0	³—	18.2	13.3	23.8	52.0	50.0	30.2
Government Actuary	³—	⁴—	³—	³—	³—	100.0	50.0	³—	8.0

Ethnic origin of Private Office staff at 1 April 1997¹
Department	Ethnic minority	Ethnic minority(%)
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Ministry of	5	20
Cabinet Office	5	26.3
Culture, Media and Sport, Department for	*	n/a
Defence, Ministry of	*	n/a
Education and Employment, Department for	8	15.1
Environment Transport and the Regions, Department of the	9	15.8
FCO	*	n/a
Health, Department of	*	n/a
Home Office	8	12.7
Department for International Development	*	n/a
Lord Chancellor's Department	*	n/a
Northern Ireland Office	*	n/a
Privy Council Office	0	0
Scottish Office	*	n/a
Social Security	11	28.2
Trade and Industry, Department of	15	23.4
Treasury	*	n/a
¹Based on headcount of staff who responded to survey on ethnic origin
* Less than five

Total ethnic minority staff in post by responsibility level at 1 April 1997¹
Responsibility Level	Ethnic minority staff number	Ethnic minority staff percentage
SCS	51	1.6
Grade 6	120	2.9
Grade 7	259	1.9
SEO	542	2.8
HEO	993	2.6
EO	4,381	4.8
AO	10,977	7.2
AA	4,802	7.6
Total	22,148	5.7
¹ Non industrial staff who responded to departmental surveys on ethnic origin.