Staff
(asked on 17th March 2015) - View Source
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many and what proportion of employees in the Law Officers Departments identify as (a) white or white British, (b) Asian or Asian British, (c) Black or Black British, (d) mixed or multiple ethnic group and (e) another ethnicity.
It is not compulsory for staff to declare their ethnicity and the following table therefore only provides details on the number of staff in the Law Officers’ Departments who have chosen to declare their ethnicity, and the proportions these represent of the overall workforce.
Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol) * | Serious Fraud Office | Crown Prosecution Service | ||||
Ethnic Origin | Total | Percentage | Total | Percentage | Total | Percentage |
Asian/Asian British | 122 | 6.1% | 29 | 7.3% | 471 | 7.4% |
Black/Black British | 97 | 4.8% | 17 | 4.3% | 351 | 5.5% |
Mixed/Multiple Ethnic | 53 | 2.6% | 15 | 3.8% | 142 | 2.2% |
White/White British | 883 | 44.2% | 194 | 48.9% | 4478 | 70.9% |
Other Ethnic Background | 31 | 1.5% | 8 | 2% | 72 | 1.1% |
* TSol data also covers the staff of the Attorney General’s Office and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate.