§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many senior civil servants from an ethnic minority background are employed in his Department; and how many of them are(a) men and (b) women. [110689]
§ Mr. HainInformation on the ethnic origin of the Department's staff is collected on the understanding that it will be treated on a confidential basis. To protect the privacy of individual members of staff we do not disclose data relating to fewer than five people. My Department has fewer than five people of minority ethnic origin in its Senior Management Structure. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is committed to ensuring that it 941W reflects the diversity of modern Britain. The Department has a comprehensive minority strategy in place to ensure this happens.