Number of applicants by nationality and ethnicity (FOI)Number of applicants by nationality and ethnicity (FOI)
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04 February 2016.Request
Please could you breakdown the total number of applicants to jobs in the public sector by both nationality and ethnicity (or by either if the application process doesn't ask for both) for 2015. Please also breakdown the total number of new appointments by nationality and ethnicity for 2015.
Response
Number of applications 2015 by ethnicity (1 January 2015 to 31 December 2015):
| Did Not Answer | 354 |
| African | 107 |
| Any other Asian Background | 45 |
| Any other Black Background | 12 |
| Any other Mixed Background | 40 |
| Any other White Background | 100 |
| Bangladeshi | 11 |
| Caribbean | 28 |
| Chinese | 23 |
| Indian | 43 |
| Other | 42 |
| Pakistani | 9 |
| Prefer no to say | 21 |
| White and Asian | 24 |
| White Black African | 31 |
| White and Black Caribbean | 14 |
| White UK/European | 8421 |
| Grand total | 9325 |
90.3% of all applications were from candidates stating their ethnicity as White UK / European.
4% of all candidates did not wish to state their ethnicity.
2015 new appointments by ethnicity
By a new appointment, we mean anyone who started work for the States of Jersey in 2015 who had not previously worked for the States of Jersey. All data is pulled from data we hold.
| Asian Bangladeshi | 1 |
| Asian Indian | 4 |
| Asian Other Background | 4 |
| Black British African | 10 |
| Black British Caribbean | 1 |
| Black British Other Background | 1 |
| Chinese | 2 |
| Chinese Other Background | 1 |
| Mixed Other Background | 6 |
| Mixed White and Asian | 2 |
| Mixed White and Black African | 2 |
| MixedWhite and Black Caribbean | 1 |
| White British | 230 |
| White Jersey | 184 |
| White Other Background | 40 |
| White Portuguese | 19 |
| Not held | 13 |
| Grand total | 521 |
Of the 521 new appointments in 2015, 44.14% stated their ethnicity as White British and 35.32% stated their ethnicity as White Jersey.
We do not currently hold the ethnicity for 13 (2.5%) of new appointments.
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