Chapter 2 - Personnel
                                 
Table 2.29 Strength of civilian personnel1 by ethnic origin2 and grade3, at 1 April each year
The percentage of Black and Minority Ethnic civilian personnel has fallen slightly this year, but has increased overall from 2.8% in 2005 to 3.1% as at 1 April 2010.

The highest representation of Black and Minority Ethnic civilian personnel (excluding those of unknown grade) can be found in Pay Band E (3.9%). There has been an 0.5% increase in the proportion of Black and Minority Ethnic civilian personnel within all higher managment Grades (SCS-Grade C) since 2005.

The percentage of civilian personnel with no known ethnicity declaration has fallen from 35.6% (39,320) in 2005 to 28.2% (25,410) in 2010.

Headcount
    1997     2005   2006   2007     2008 4 2009 2010  
Civilian Level 01
 135 450   || 110 480   107 300   101 570   || 93 670   90 630 89 970  
                                 
White
 65 930   || 69 150   70 210   67 450   || 63 250   62 360 62 560  
                                 
 
Senior Civil Service and equivalent5
 300   || 260   270   240     250   260 260  
 
Pay Band B
 1 970   || 2 140   2 300   2 080     2 080   2 080 2 110  
 
Pay Band C
 12 740   || 13 750   14 180   14 020     13 790   14 130 14 090  
 
Pay Band D
 13 320   || 11 600   11 490   10 520     9 530   9 290 9 320  
 
Pay Band E
 29 600   || 23 020   23 360   22 430     20 690   20 440 20 460  
 
Other non-industrial6
 -   || 450   110   660     770   80 180  
 
Industrial7
 ..   || 9 390   10 010   9 620     8 940   8 740 8 990  
 
Trading Fund staff
 8 000   || 8 530   8 500   7 900   || 7 200   7 340 7 160  
                                 
Black & Minority Ethnic
 1 340   || 2 010   2 080   2 060   || 2 020   2 030 2 000  
                                 
 
Senior Civil Service and equivalent5
 10   || 10   10   -     -   - 10  
 
Pay Band B
 40   || 50   50   50     60   60 60  
 
Pay Band C
 160   || 350   380   400     410   440 440  
 
Pay Band D
 220   || 350   380   340     320   290 280  
 
Pay Band E
 760   || 840   890   880     850   870 840  
 
Other non-industrial6
 -   || 20   10   30     30   - 10  
 
Industrial7
 ..   || 200   200   180     190   180 190  
 
Trading Fund staff
 150   || 170   170   170   || 170   190 170  
                                 
Unknown8
 68 190   || 39 320   35 000   32 070   || 28 390   26 230 25 410  
                                 
 
Senior Civil Service and equivalent5
 40   || 30   40   50     50   40 40  
 
Pay Band B
 260   || 500   440   400     390   380 390  
 
Pay Band C
 2 050   || 3 640   3 050   2 820     2 740   2 670 2 560  
 
Pay Band D
 2 910   || 2 750   1 900   1 570     1 380   1 260 1 100  
 
Pay Band E
 6 320   || 6 260   4 100   3 450     3 040   2 520 2 180  
 
Other non-industrial6
 70   || 240   40   170     220   40 130  
 
Industrial7
 30 880   || 5 660   4 600   3 790     3 190   2 420 2 070  
 
Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA)
 2 210   || 2 350   2 340   2 360     2 270   2 300 2 330  
 
Locally engaged civilians
 15 860   || 15 660   16 290   15 280     13 080   12 270 11 980  
 
Trading Fund staff
 7 590   || 2 230   2 200   2 180   || 2 040   2 330 2 650  
                                 
Black and Minority Ethnic civilian personnel as a percentage of total excluding unknowns  
                                 
    1997     2005   2006   2007     2008 4 2009 2010  
All Grades
 2.0   || 2.8   2.9   3.0   || 3.1   3.2 3.1  
                                 
 
Senior Civil Service and equivalent5
 3.5   || 2.2   2.5   -     -   - 2.7  
 
Pay Band B
 1.9   || 2.4   2.3   2.5     2.6   2.8 2.9  
 
Pay Band C
 1.2   || 2.5   2.6   2.7     2.9   3.0 3.0  
 
Pay Band D
 1.6   || 2.9   3.2   3.2     3.2   3.0 3.0  
 
Pay Band E
 2.5   || 3.5   3.7   3.8     3.9   4.1 3.9  
 
Other non-industrial6
 -   || 4.4   6.6   3.8     3.5   - 4.9  
 
Industrial7
 ..   || 2.1   2.0   1.9     2.0   2.0 2.0  
 
Trading Fund staff
 1.8   || 2.0   2.0   2.1   || 2.3   2.5 2.4  
Source: DASA(Quad-Service)
1. Civilian Level 0 is defined in the Glossary.
2. Between 2001 and 2002 the definitions for ethnicity were resurveyed. Ethnic origin data are collected by self declaration and are thus based on self-
    perception.
3. Grade equivalent is shown in terms of the broader banding structure and is based on paid grade.
4. At 1 April 2008 the Defence Aviation Repair Agency and the Army Base Repair Organisation merged to form the Defence Support Group and around 1,000
    personnel transferred to the Vector Aerospace Corporation.
5. The totals include about 50 personnel outside the Senior Civil Service but of equivalent grade.
6. Includes industrial staff on temporary promotion to non-industrial grades and staff for whom no grade information is available.
7. No ethnicity data are available for the industrial personnel before 2000.
8. Those for whom there is no record of their ethnic origin, and personnel who chose not to declare.
 

Black and Minority Ethnic civilian personnel as a percentage
of total excluding unknowns at 1 April each year


Between 2001 and 2002 the definitions for ethnicity were resurveyed.