To ask the Minister for the Arts what is the total number of employees in the Office of Arts and Libraries; and how many are (a) black and (b) disabled.
The Office of Arts and Libraries has currently 59 members of staff. Equal opportunities policy is monitored on an on-going basis in the Department.All staff are asked to complete a questionnaire on their ethnic origins but individuals are not obliged to return them. Currently, three respondents to the questionnaire have declared they are members of the ethnic minorities. One member of staff in the Department is currently registered as disabled, but there may be others with disabilities who have chosen not to register.
To ask the Minister for the Arts if he will publish a table showing the number of (a) men and (b) women in his office in each of grades (i) 1, (ii) 2, (iii) 3, (iv) 4, (v) 5, (vi) 6, (vii) 7, (viii) SEO, (ix) HEO, (x) administrative trainee, (xi) EO, (xii) CO and (xiii) CA.
The current number of men and women in the Office of Arts and Libraries in grades 2, 5, 6, 7, SEO, HEO, HEO(D), EO, AO and AA is as follows. The Department does not employ anyone at grades 1, 3 and 4.
| Men | Women | |
| Grade 2 | 1 | — |
| Grade 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Grade 6 | — | 1 |
| Grade 7 | 8 | 2 |
| SEO | 2 | 1 |
Men
| Women
| |
| HEO | 5 | 5 |
| HEO(D)/AT | — | 1 |
| EO | 3 | 5 |
| AO | 3 | 5 |
| AA | 3 | 1 |
| Total | 28 | 22 |