Question reference: S1W-23989
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 11 March 2002
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Current status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 25 March 2002
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many civil servants in senior grades (a) are women, (b) have a disability and (c) are from ethnic minorities.
Answer
Within the Executive's Senior Civil Service (SCS) grades there are currently 55 women (25.7%). There are also a small number of staff who have self-declared a disability. However, as there are less than five of these, a precise number cannot be given to preserve confidentiality. The Executive is re-surveying its staff with regard to ethnic origin and accurate statistics are therefore not presently available. These numbers do not include all of those successful in the recent SCS recruitment exercise.