Ethnic Minorities

Mr. Vaz
To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many and what percentage of civil servants in each of grades 1 to 7 in her Department are of (a) Asian origin and (b) Afro-Caribbean origin. [9565]

Mr. Nigel Griffiths
The figures for the DTI, on a headcount basis and excluding Executive Agencies, on 17 July 1997 are as follows: ----------------------
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|Grade level         |
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|Senior Civil Service|
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|Grades 6 and 7      |
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The figures for grade levels include all equivalent grades. About 8 per cent. of staff have chosen not to respond to the Department's ethnic origin survey.