Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many BAME staff are employed at (a) grade 7, (b) grade 5 and (c) grade 3 in his Department.

As at June 30^th, the numbers of BAME staff at the requested grades are as follows:

It is worth noting numbers are not complete as these figures represent only those staff who have chosen to record their diversity information and self-identified as BAME on our HR records system. It is not mandatory to complete this information.

This figure represents the numbers across the Department and its Executive Agencies.