Gareth Thomas (Harrow West, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many and what proportion of senior civil servants in his Department were from an ethnic minority in March (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; and if he will make a statement.
Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)
The latest figures on the number and percentage of senior civil servants (SCS) in the Department for International Development (DFID) from a black and ethnic minority (BME) background were:
| Number | Percentage | |
| March 2010 | 8 | 11.3 |
| March 2011 | 6 | 10 |
These are based on quarterly returns. The data for March 2012 will not be available until after 31 March 2012 .
DFID has produced annual departmental staff reports containing this information for several years and these have been available on request.
