Equal Opportunities
(asked on 10th June 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what targets his Department has for increasing diversity; and what progress has been made on meeting those targets in the last year.
This question was answered on 17th June 2014
The Department has exceeded the target set by the Cabinet Office for women in the Senior Civil Service (SCS), met the target for black and minority ethnic (BME) staff in the SCS, and is 1% below the target for disabled staff in the SCS.
SCS Group | Cabinet Office Target % | Department Acheivement % |
Women | 37 | 41 |
BME | 5 | 5 |
Disabled | 5 | 4 |