Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, 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.
Table 1 gives the proportion of staff in each ethnic group in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. These proportions are statistical estimates derived from the 2014 Civil Service People Survey.
Table 1: Ethnicity of staff in the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
Ethnicity | Estimated Proportion |
White or White British
| 77% |
Asian or Asian British | 5% |
Black or Black British | 5% |
Mixed or multiple ethnic group | 2% |
Any Other Ethnicity | 0% |
Undeclared Ethnicity | 10% |
Source: Civil Service People Survey 2014