Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff in his Department reported their religion as Islam in the latest period for which figures are available; what the reported ethnicity of those staff was; and how many of those staff were employed at each grade.

As at the 30^th September 2019, 54 civil servants employed by HM Treasury were recorded with Muslim as their self-declared religious group.

The ethnicity breakdown is:

Asian - Bangladeshi 18

- Asian - Indian Fewer than 10

- Asian - Pakistani 15

- Black - African Fewer than 10

- Mixed - Asian and White Fewer than 10

- Other Arab Fewer than 10

- Other Asian background Fewer than 10

- Other Black background Fewer than 10

- Other ethnic background Fewer than 10

- Other Mixed ethnic background Fewer than 10

- Not Known Fewer than 10

The grade breakdown is:

- Range B Fewer than 10

- Range C 15

- Range D 25

- Range E Fewer than 10

- Range E2 Fewer than 10