Minority ethnic civil servants by grade, 2010–24

A line chart from the Institute for Government showing ethnic minority staff in the civil service by grade, 2010-24. The share of ethnic minority civil servants at the executive officer grade level is above the UK population benchmark throughout the entire period. The senior civil service lags far behind all other grades throughout the entire period.
Source: Institute for Government analysis of ONS, 'Annual Civil Service Employment Survey', 2010–18; and Cabinet Office, 'Civil Service Statistics', 2018–24.Notes: AO/AA = administrative officer/administrative assistant; EO = executive officer; SEO/HEO = senior executive officer/higher executive officer; G6&7 = grades 6 & 7; SCS = senior civil service. For sources of population benchmarks, see Whitehall Monitor 2025 Methodology.Get the dataEmbed Download image
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