Cabinet Office has least diverse workforce of all ministerial departments, new report reveals

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Cabinet Office has the least diverse workforce of all ministerial departments, with only six per cent from black, Asian, and ethnic minority backgrounds, a new report into the lack of diversity in the public sector reveals. Analysing over 500 public sector organisations, the charity found that 91 – or, just over three per cent – of 2,623 public sector senior leaders surveyed are from BAME backgrounds. “The clear lack of ethnic minority representation – and in particular the lack of BAME leaders – in the public sector highlights a diversity problem on a national scale,” said Barbara Kasumu, co-founder of Elevation Networks. Such initiatives do not need to be difficult but they are absolutely essential.” open image in gallery Labour MP Keith Vaz Last year a Government commissioned report found black and Asian civil servants faced routine discrimination by the "old boys network" running Whitehall.