The number of chief Crown prosecutors in England and Wales who were from black and ethnic minorities, for which data are available, is shown in the following table.
Month/year Item BME White Total percentage April 2002 Number 4 36 Percentage 10.0 90.0 100 April 2003 Number 3 40 Percentage 7.0 93.0 100 April 2004 Number 4 36 Percentage 10.0 90.0 100 April 2005 Number 6 40 Percentage 13.0 87.0 100 April 2006 Number 7 38 Percentage 15.6 84.4 100
In common with other Whitehall Departments, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has produced a diversity delivery plan to support the delivery of targets across the senior civil service (which includes the chief Crown prosecutor grade) range of diversity categories by 2008. As at April 2006, the CPS has seven black and minority ethnic (BME) chief Crown prosecutors (of whom two are of Asian origin). This BME total represents 15.6 per cent. of staff at that level within the service.