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Written Question
Northern Ireland Office: Senior Civil Servants
Wednesday 28th October 2020

Asked by: Baroness Kramer (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Northern Ireland Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many BAME civil servants there are at the Northern Ireland Office at (1) SCS1, (2) SCS2, (3) SCS3, and (4) SCS4, grade.

Answered by Viscount Younger of Leckie - Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions)

The Northern Ireland Office is a small department with less than 200 staff. As there are fewer than five BAME SCS members in the total cohort of 16 SCS grades in the department, figures cannot be provided in order to protect the privacy and identity of individuals concerned.

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