Ministry of Defence: Senior Civil Servants
(asked on 24th February 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of senior civil servants of his Department are (a) men, (b) women, (c) disabled, (d) from working-class backgrounds and (e) from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
Information on the proportion of Senior Civil Servants in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) that are men, women and from Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) background is set out below.
Senior Civil Service by Gender and Ethnicity as at 1 January 2017
Gender | Headcount | Proportion (Percentage) |
Female | 85 | 27.0% |
Male | 235 | 73.0% |
Total | 320 | - |
Ethnicity | Headcount | Proportion (Percentage) |
White | 240 | 97.2% |
BAME | 5 | 2.8% |
No response and choose not to declare | 75 | - |
Total | 320 | - |
Source: Defence Statistics (Civilian)
Notes:
1. All totals have been individually rounded to nearest 5 and may not sum precisely to overall total.
2. Data is based on personnel recorded as being in a Senior Civil Service Grade as at 1 January 2017 on the MOD’s Human Resources Management System.
3. Data includes personnel in MOD Main Top Level Budgets, and the Defence Equipment and Support Bespoke Trading Entity, but excludes personnel in Trading Funds as well as Royal Fleet Auxiliary Personnel and Locally engaged Civilians for whom this data is not available.
4. Proportions for gender and ethnicity category have been calculated from raw unrounded totals and rounded to prevent the inadvertent disclosure of personal information.
Further current statistical information on Civilian personnel can be found online at: