§ Ms Dari TaylorTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if an appointment has been made to the post of Senior Adviser on Diversity Strategy and Equal Opportunities. [116825]
§ Marjorie MowlamI have today announced the appointment of Mr. Museji Ahmed Takolia to the position of Senior Adviser on Diversity Strategy and Equal Opportunities. Mr. Takolia will take up this important and vital new role within Government on 10 April 2000.
Mr. Takolia's role will be key to driving forward the Government's commitment to build a civil service which reflects the diversity of the society which it serves. His responsibility will include driving forward our efforts to increase the diversity of the civil service and to tackle the under-representation of ethnic minorities, particularly at senior levels. He will also be tasked with achieving early progress to demonstrate that faster change is possible, and to increase the level of appointments and secondments at senior levels from under-represented groups.
77WMr. Takolia will advise us on the whole of our diversity programme across government and will have the full backing of myself and my ministerial colleagues in order to achieve his objectives.