Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of civil servants at Grade 7 and above are black.

The mean annual salary for civil servants at grade 7 and above as of March 2022 was £64,730 in London and £60,000 outside London (including overseas).

As of March 2022, 2.5% of civil servants (with a reported ethnicity) at grade 7 and above reported their ethnicity as black.

The mean annual salary for civil servants who reported their ethnicity as black was £33,380, with the median at £31,060, as of March 2022.

The mean annual salary for senior civil servants working in London as of April 2021 was £88,420, with the median at £80,400. For those outside London (including overseas) the mean was £87,630 and the median was £81,450.