Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Staff
(asked on 26th May 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of staff of (a) his Department (b) the Research Councils, (c) the Skills Funding Agency, (d) the Insolvency Service, (e) UK Shared Business Services Limited, (f) Innovate UK and (g) the Student Loans Company are (i) female and (ii) from an ethnic minority.
The proportion of employees working in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills HQ, UK Shared Business Services Limited, Student Loans Company, Skills Funding Agency and Innovate UK who are (i) female and (ii) from an ethnic minority are shown in the tables below.
BIS HQ | Female | 51% |
UK Shared Business Services Limited | Female | 59% |
Student Loans Company | Female | 54% |
Innovate UK | Female | 46% |
Skills Funding Agency | Female | 57% |
BIS HQ | From an ethnic minority | 10% |
UK Shared Business Services Limited | From an ethnic minority | 12% |
Student Loans Company | From an ethnic minority | 7.7% |
Innovate UK | From an ethnic minority | 7% |
Skills Funding Agency | From an ethnic minority | 15% |
The data shown above is based on all employees as at 31 March 2016.
The department does not hold centrally, data in relation to the Research Councils or the Insolvency Service. I have asked these bodies to respond directly to the Honourable Member.