Publication - FOI/EIR release

Percentage of staff identifying as BAME (Black Asian and minority ethnic): FOI release

Published: 21 January 2021
Directorate: People Directorate
Topic: Equality and rights, Public sector
FOI reference: FOI/202000113157
Date received: 18 November 2020
Date responded: 27 November 2020

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Information requested

What percentage of civil servants employed by the Scottish Government organisation are BAME (black Asian and minority ethnic people) and what their target is. I can’t seem to find anything on the government website about this however I have found a uk government one.

Response

The target of the Scottish Government is to increase in diversity to reflect the general Scottish Population by 2025 which for ME is 5%. At September 2020, of Scottish Government core employees who have shared their ethnicity data with us, 2.9% identified as black, Asian and minority ethnic.

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Contact

Please quote the FOI reference
Central Enquiry Unit
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
St Andrews House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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