Sharon Hodgson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the HM Treasury
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sharon Hodgson on 2014-06-10.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what targets his Department has for increasing diversity; and what progress has been made on meeting those targets in the last year.
Andrea Leadsom
In common with other government departments the Treasury has diversity targets for its workforce (gender, ethnicity and disability), monitors progress and implements diversity initiatives where appropriate.
HM Treasury diversity targets for its Senior Civil Service (SCS)
|
Group |
Target |
|
Women |
42 % |
|
BME |
5% |
|
Disability |
5% |
HM Treasury’s diversity targets for its employees below the SCS
|
Group |
Target |
|
Women Range E |
50% |
|
Women Range D |
50% |
|
BME Range E |
14% |
|
BME Range D |
18% |
|
Disability Range E |
6% |
|
Disability Range D |
8% |
On progress against the targets the Treasury publishes information on the proportion of its employees by gender, ethnicity and disability by each Civil Service pay scale. The most recent information, March 2013, is in HM Treasury’s Annual Report and Accounts 2012-13, page 43, available on the Treasury’s external website.
The March 2014 data will be published in the Annual Report and Accounts 2014 in due course
