Question to the Department for International Development:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many and what proportion of employees in her 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 proportion of DFID staff who have declared their ethnicity is shown in the table below. Numbers below five for any declared ethnicity are not provided as it may identify individuals.
Ethnicity | Total |
Any Other Ethnic Group | 1.9% |
Asian - Any Other Background | 0.8% |
Asian - Bangladeshi | 0.3% |
Asian - Indian | 1.9% |
Asian - Pakistani | 0.8% |
Black - African | 1.2% |
Black - Caribbean | 1.2% |
Mixed - Any Other Background | 0.4% |
Mixed - White and Asian | 0.7% |
Mixed - White and Black African | 0.5% |
Mixed - White and Black Caribbean | 0.3% |
White - Any Other Background | 19.5% |
White - English | 19.7% |
White - Irish | 0.7% |
White - Northern Irish | 0.3% |
White - Scottish | 17.9% |
White - Welsh | 0.7% |