§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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. [110679]
§ Mr. TimmsAs at 1 April 1999, 55 members of the senior civil service were from an ethnic minority background (1.7 per cent).
Information on ethnic origin in the civil service 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.
990WThe aggregate total of ethnic minority staff in the senior civil service within HM Treasury, Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise is fewer than five people.