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Departmental Equality

Volume 476: debated on Wednesday 21 May 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether his Department met the civil service diversity targets set out on page 51 of Cabinet Office Annual Report 2007 by April 2008. (204712)

The following tables set out how the Northern Ireland Office has performed against the civil service diversity targets set out in page 51 of Cabinet Office Annual Report 2007 by April 2008. The Northern Ireland Office continues to work closely with Cabinet Office colleagues to achieve a diverse civil service, representative of the communities we serve.

SCS—Diversity

Percentage

Women

Proportion

Target

Shortfall

Top management

March 2008

16.7

30

13.3

All SCS

March 2008

36.4

37

0.6

Ethnicity

March 2008

2.3

4

1.7

Disability

March 2008

0

3.2

3.2

SCS feeder grades

Percentage

Proportion

Target

Shortfall

Women

March 2008

45.7

47.5

1.8

Ethnicity

March 2008

0

4

4

Disability

March 2008

3.2

3.2

0