Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many staff members in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are in the top five civil service grades; and how many of those are from a black or minority ethnic background.
As of the 30 November the total number of staff in the top five civil service grades and those that were from a black or minority ethnic (BME) background were:
Grade | Total | Total number of staff who have reported an ethnicity | Those that reported they were BME |
D7 | 430 | 368 | 22 |
SMS1 | 263 | 230 | 11 |
SMS2 | 102 | 92 | 6 |
SMS3 | 27 | 24 | 1 |
SMS4 | 3 | 2 | 0 |