Disciplinary Proceedings
(asked on 10th June 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of staff within his Department who have been dismissed following formal disciplinary proceedings in each of the last five financial years classed themselves as white British.
The table below shows the proportion of employees who were subject to formal disciplinary proceedings and the proportion dismissed following formal disciplinary proceedings who have declared themselves as white British.
Year | Percentage of staff subject to formal disciplinary proceedings who have declared themselves to be white British | Percentage of staff subject to formal disciplinary proceedings that have not declared ethnicity or nationality |
2011-12 | 22% | 33% |
2012-13 | 21% | 35% |
2013-14 | 23% | 31% |
Year | Percentage of staff who have been dismissed following formal disciplinary proceedings who have declared themselves to be white British | Percentage of staff who have been dismissed following formal disciplinary proceedings that have not declared ethnicity or nationality |
2011-12 | 22% | 47% |
2012-13 | 16% | 43% |
2013-14 | 20% | 44% |
The Department has only collected this information for the last 3 years since the Public Sector Equality Duty was introduced.
The Department plan to launch a campaign by autumn 2014 to encourage staff to declare their personal diversity information. This will ensure we have more complete data in future to improve policy development.