Written Question · S3W-16195 · Session 3
What percentage of local authority social work staff is comprised of black and minority ethnic employees, broken down by local authority.
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of local authority social work staff is comprised of black and minority ethnic employees, broken down by local authority.
The answer
The following table provides a breakdown of the percentage of local authority social work services staff who were reported as being of an ethnic minority in the Annual Local Authority Social Work Services Staffing Census for October 2007.
The ethnic minority group includes the following ethnic backgrounds: Mixed, Asian, Asian: Scottish, Asian: British, Asian: Indian, Asian: Pakistani, Asian: Bangladeshi, Asian: Chinese, Asian: Other, Black, Black: Scottish, Black: British, Black: Caribbean, Black: African, Black: Other, Other Ethnic Group
Also supplied is the percentage of staff for each local authority who were reported as having an unknown/not disclosed ethnicity.
Local Authority
| Ethnic Group
Minority (%)
| Not Known/Not Disclosed (%)
Aberdeen City Council
| 1.4
| 47.2
Aberdeenshire Council
| 0.3
| 47.6
Angus Council
| 0.0
| 2.3
Argyll and Bute Council
| 0.9
| 17.0
Clackmannanshire Council
| 0.6
| 10.9
Dumfries and Galloway Council
| 1.0
| 0.0
Dundee City Council
| 0.0
| 100.0
East Ayrshire Council
| 0.0
| 0.0
East Dunbartonshire Council
| 1.2
| 14.0
East Lothian Council
| 0.7
| 7.8
East Renfrewshire Council
| 0.6
| 0.3
City of Edinburgh Council
| 3.0
| 2.7
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
| 0.0
|
The ethnic minority group includes the following ethnic backgrounds: Mixed, Asian, Asian: Scottish, Asian: British, Asian: Indian, Asian: Pakistani, Asian: Bangladeshi, Asian: Chinese, Asian: Other, Black, Black: Scottish, Black: British, Black: Caribbean, Black: African, Black: Other, Other Ethnic Group
Also supplied is the percentage of staff for each local authority who were reported as having an unknown/not disclosed ethnicity.
Local Authority
| Ethnic Group
Minority (%)
| Not Known/Not Disclosed (%)
Aberdeen City Council
| 1.4
| 47.2
Aberdeenshire Council
| 0.3
| 47.6
Angus Council
| 0.0
| 2.3
Argyll and Bute Council
| 0.9
| 17.0
Clackmannanshire Council
| 0.6
| 10.9
Dumfries and Galloway Council
| 1.0
| 0.0
Dundee City Council
| 0.0
| 100.0
East Ayrshire Council
| 0.0
| 0.0
East Dunbartonshire Council
| 1.2
| 14.0
East Lothian Council
| 0.7
| 7.8
East Renfrewshire Council
| 0.6
| 0.3
City of Edinburgh Council
| 3.0
| 2.7
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
| 0.0
|
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-16195 by reference.