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Departmental Equality

Volume 487: debated on Monday 9 February 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage of staff in his Department have recorded their ethnicity (a) in total and (b) in each bargaining unit. (253567)

The central Department and its agencies recorded the following percentage declared ethnicity (a) in total and (b) in each bargaining unit as set out in the following table:

Staff in post on 31 March 2008

Percentage of staff who have declared their ethnicity

Central Department

86.4

Driving Standards Agency

94.4

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency

93.3

Government Car and Dispatch Agency

99.3

Highways Agency

81.0

Marine and Coastguard Agency

89.5

Vehicle Certification Agency

100.0

Vehicle and Operator Services Agency

80.7

DFT (total)

88.7