HC Deb 07 January 2003 vol 397 c117W
Keith Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many academic staff are employed by UK universities; and how many are of ethnic minority origin. [87012]

Margaret Hodge

The latest available data are shown in the table.

All academic staff1 in UK higher education institutions 2000–01
Ethnicity Number
White 111,012
Black Caribbean 457
Black African 759
Black other 264
Indian 2.010
Pakistani 460
Bangladeshi 148
Chinese 2,800
Asian other 1,405
Other 2,666
Total known ethnicity 121,981
Not known 17,959
Total all 139,940
1 Full-time and part-time staff; covers staff whose primary employment is teaching, research, or teaching/research.

Source:

Higher Education Statistics Agency.