Parliament Workbench
Data: Motions & questions to 19 Nov 2026

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.

Answered Asked by Bill Kidd SNP Lodged 10 Sep 2008

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

Answered by Jim Mather on 23 Sep 2008 · 13 days after it was lodged, on time

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
|

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