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.
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