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Mr. Vaz
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many and what percentage of civil servants in each of grades 1 to 5 in his Department are of (a) Asian origin and (b) Afro-Caribbean origin. [9570]
Mr. Spellar
The number and percentage of permanent civilian staff in my Department and its Agencies in each of the grades 1 to 5 who have indicated that they are of (a) Asian origin and (b) Afro-Caribbean origin in the MOD's ethnic origin survey are shown below:
| Grade level | Asian origin | Afro-Caribbean origin | Percentage of staff in grade |
| Grades 1–4 | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Grade 5 | 6 | Nil | 3.2 |