Staff
(asked on 17th March 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of employees in his Department 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.
Information on the number and proportion of employees in the Ministry of Defence identified as white or white British, Asian or Asian British, Black or Black British, mixed or multiple ethnic group and another ethnicity is shown in the following tables:
Service Personnel as at 1 April 2014:
All Personnel | White | Asian | Black | Mixed | Other | Unknown | |
All Services | 159,630 | 146,440 | 1,955 | 6,450 | 2,025 | 770 | 1,980 |
92.9% | 1.2% | 4.1% | 1.3% | 0.5% |
Notes:
1. Percentages are calculated from unrounded data and only include personnel with a known ethnic origin.
2. Asian comprises: Asian Bangladeshi, Asian Pakistani, Asian Indian and other Asian Backgrounds, and reflecting changes made in the 2011 Census, now includes Chinese.
Black comprises: Black Caribbean, Black African and other Black Backgrounds.
Mixed comprises: Mixed Black African and White, Mixed Asian and White, Mixed Black Caribbean and White and other Mixed Ethnic Backgrounds.
Other is defined as “other ethnic background”.
Unknown includes those with an unrecorded ethnic origin and those who chose not to declare.
Civilian Personnel at 1 April 2014:
Total Civilian Personnel | White | Asian | Black | Mixed | Other | Unknown | |
41,400 | 39,780 | 840 | 360 | 310 | 110 | 6,570 | |
* | 96.1% | 2.0% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.3% | * |
Notes:
1. The table above excludes Trading Funds, Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) and Locally Engaged Civilians overseas (LEC) for whom declaration data are not available.
2. Percentages are calculated from unrounded data and only include personnel with a known ethnic origin.
3. Asian comprises: Asian Bangladeshi, Asian Pakistani, Asian Indian and other Asian Backgrounds, and reflecting changes made in the 2011 Census, now includes Chinese.
Black comprises: Black Caribbean, Black African and other Black Backgrounds.
Mixed comprises: Mixed Black African and White, Mixed Asian and White, Mixed Black Caribbean and White and other Mixed Ethnic Backgrounds.
Other is defined as "other ethnic background".
4. Ethnicity is a self declared characteristic on the civilian Human Resources Management System. As such, those personnel that have not declared at all and/or have chosen "not to declare" are reflected under the heading "Unknown" in the table above.