The available information on ethnicity and gender is provided in the following table. Similar information by religious faith is not available. The Security Service does not record such information differentiating between field-based and office-based staff.
Numbers of females Percentage of females Numbers of black minority ethnic Percentage of black minority ethnic 2001 882 46.4 62 3.3 2002 902 46.4 72 3.6 2003 993 47.4 83 4.0 2004 1,061 47.6 103 4.6 2005 1,107 46.5 116 4.9 2006 1,156 44.5 158 6.1 2007 1,260 43.9 189 6.6 2008 1,386 41.9 227 6.9 2009 1,454 41.8 237 6.8 Note: All figures are as at 1 April, except 2009 which is as at 1 January. In line with Whitehall practice, ethnic monitoring is carried out on the basis of self declaration and is calculated as a percentage of those declaring ethnic origin—the response rate is around 98 per cent.