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(asked on 17th March 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, 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.


Answered by
Dan Poulter Portrait
Dan Poulter
This question was answered on 24th March 2015

The table presented below is a ‘snapshot’ of the requested breakdown by ethnicity for the Civil Servants in the Department as at 28 February 2015.

Ethnic identity

Head Count of Employees

Percentage of Employees

White or White British

1,520

75.0%

Asian or Asian British

138

6.8%

Black or Black British

128

6.3%

Mixed or Multiple Ethnic Group

43

2.1%

Any other Ethnicity

40

2.0%

Undeclared

158

7.8%

Grand Total

2,027

100.00%

As part of the Department’s Public Sector Equality Duty, the Department reports annually on the composition of our workforce. The full report, which includes more detailed diversity information and comparisons is published and available on the GOV.uk website at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/workforce-equality-information-2015

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