BAME representation within the workforce
Dear Bromley Borough Council,
1. Please provide information on BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) representation within your Local Authority workforce (data/info from 2019 onwards)?
2. In light of the Green Park ‘Service Leadership’ report, what is your Local Authority doing to:
a) ensure BAME representation in senior leadership positions?
b) ensure BAME representation across the entire workforce?
3. How does your Local Authority ensure the Public Sector Equality Duty is applied, with particular reference to BAME representation within the workforce?
Yours faithfully,
Sylvia Taylor
Dear Sylvia Taylor
Further to your recent FOI enquiry please see our response highlighted in
blue below.
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FOI RESPONSE:
1. Please provide information on BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic)
representation within your Local Authority workforce (data/info from 2019
onwards)?
Ethnicity Headcount %
Black 236 16%
Asian 61 4%
Majority 1027 70%
Information Unknown/Refused 153 10%
Total 1477 100%
2. In light of the Green Park ‘Service Leadership’ report, what is your
Local Authority doing to:
a) ensure BAME representation in senior leadership positions?
The equality profile of our workforce including senior officers is part of
the corporate KPIs.
The senior leadership team includes a number of BAME including the Chief
Executive and the Director of HR & Customer Services.
b) ensure BAME representation across the entire workforce?
The % of BAME staff in the organisation is similar to the % in the local
authority population.
3. How does your Local Authority ensure the Public Sector Equality Duty is
applied, with particular reference to BAME representation within the
workforce?
The public sector duty is reflected in the Council’s Equality Policy and
our approach to Equality Impact Assessments.
The duty is also covered in our equality training courses both for staff
and managers.
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We trust this completes your FOI enquiry which has now been closed.
Regards
HR/Chief Executive FOI Co-ordinator
London Borough of Bromley
Tel: (020) 8313 4355
Web: [1]www.bromley.gov.uk
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