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Lord Chancellors Dept;Land Registry;Public Record Office

Answer

Mr. Vaz: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many and what percentage of civil servants in each of grades 1 to 7, SEO and HEO in his Department are of (a) Asian origin and (b) Afro-Caribbean origin. [9566] Mr. Hoon: For the Lord Chancellor's Department, including the Court Service and the Public Trust Office, the information, as at 18 July 1997, is set out in the table. Figures and percentages are based upon a 91 per cent. response to a voluntary staff survey of ethnic origin. There is no legislative requirement to monitor the ethnic origin of Northern Ireland Court Service employees and no figures are available. I have asked the chief executives of the Land Registry and the Public Record Office to reply separately. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Respondents of Asian Percentage Respondents of Black Percentage origin African and Black Caribbean origin Grade 1 -- -- -- -- Grade 2 -- -- -- -- Grade 3 -- -- -- -- Grade 4 -- -- -- -- Grade 5 -- -- -- -- Grade 6 {1}-- 1.63 -- -- Grade 7 {1}-- 1 {1}-- 0.5 SEO {1}-- 0.38 {1}-- 0.38 HEO 11 1.18 12 1.28 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} In order to preserve the anonymity of individuals, figures of five or less are not specified. Letter from Stuart Hill to Mr. Keith Vaz, dated 24 July 1997. I have been asked by the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, to reply to your recent question concerning the number of staff within two ethnic categories. Following a Grading and Pay Review the Land Registry has moved to a new system of grades for staff below the Senior Civil Service. The new grades are shown against the Civil Service equivalents. The information is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Grade Civil Service Asian origin Afro-caribbean origin equivalent Number Percentage Number Percentage Senior Civil Service -- 1 5.56 0 -- Senior Registration Grade 6 0 -- 0 -- Assistant 1 Senior Registration Grade 2 0 -- 0 -- Assistant 2 Senior Registration Grade 6 or 7 2 1.83 0 -- Assistant (Lawyer) Registration Executive 1 SEO 3 1.10 1 0.37 Registration Executive 2 HEO 6 1.20 1 0.20 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The percentage figures are expressed as a percentage of staff within each grade who responded to the ethnic survey. The overall response rate is 94.4 per cent. within the Land Registry. Letter from Sarah Tyacke to Mr. Keith Vaz, dated 24 July 1997: The Lord Chancellor's Parliamentary Secretary has asked me to reply for the Public Record Office to your question about the numbers and percentages of civil servants of Asian and of Afro-Caribbean origin. The details are set out below. Most of our staff are covered by our own payband system and I have given the approximate civil service grade equivalents for guidance. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Grade/Band Staff of Asian origin Percentage of total Staff of Afro-Caribbean Percentage of total origin Civil Service Grade 1 No staff in this grade -- -- -- Civil Service Grade 2 No staff in this grade -- -- -- Civil Service Grade 3 0 0 0 0 Civil Service Grade 4 No staff in this grade -- -- -- Civil Service Grade 5 0 0 0 0 PRO Band 1 (Civil Service 0 0 0 0 Grades 6 and 7) PRO Band 2 Civil Service 0 0 1 2.0 Grades 8 and 9 (SEO, HEO) and equivalents PRO Band 3 Civil Service 1 1.9 0 0 Grades 9 and 10 (HEO, EO) and equivalents _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

9566; 298 c684-6W;298 c682-4W

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Government departments Ethnic groups Lord Chancellor's Department Senior civil servants Afro-Caribbeans Asians

Contains statistics

Yes