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Written question asked by Gloria De Piero (Labour) on Tuesday, 17 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 19 March 2015. It was answered by Dan Rogerson (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 19 March 2015 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.


Staff

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many and what proportion of employees in her 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.

Answer

The table below shows the number and proportion of core Defra employees in each ethnicity category as at 28 February 2015. This includes people who have declared their ethnicity status only.

Ethnicity

White

Asian

Black

Mixed

Other

Total

No. of staff

1237

92

118

24

7

1478

%

83.7%

6.2%

8.0%

1.6%

0.5%

100%


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
227959
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Staff
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk