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Equal opportunities

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Medway Council workforce equalities data

As at 31 December 2007

Total workforce Headcount Percentage
Full-time 4,173 39
Part-time 4,143 39
Casual 2,273 22
Total 10,589 100
Directorates and departments Female Male Total
Business Support 556 248 804
Children's Services - non-school-based 694 191 885
Children's Services - school-based 5,281 938 6,219
Community Services 1,642 696 2,338
Regeneration and Development 153 190 343
Total 8,326 2,263 10,589

Ethnicity Female (per cent) Male (per cent) Total (per cent)
Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) 2.8 1.2 4.0
White British 70.6 18.9 89.5
White Irish 1.2 0.3 1.5
White other 2.7 0.6 3.3
Not stated 1.4 0.5 1.9
Total * 78.7 21.5 100
Declared disability Female (per cent) Male (per cent) Total (per cent)
Staff declaring a disability 1.57 0.8 2.37

Turnover for the 12 months to 31 December 2007 Female (per cent) Male (per cent) Total (per cent)
Council overall 13 19 14
Non-school-based staff 15 22 17
School-based staff 12 16 13
BME staff (excludes white British, white Irish, white other) 5 8 13
Staff declaring a disability 4 8 13

N.B.: Where an asterisk (*) is shown, breakdown figures may not total 100 per cent exactly due to the effects of rounding.

Page last updated: April 2008

For further information contact:
email icon Email : diversity.hr@medway.gov.uk
Telephone icon Telephone : 01634 334081
Mail icon Write to :

Diversity Officer
Learning and Organisational Development Team
Human Resources Services
Medway Council
Gun Wharf

Dock Road
Chatham
Kent ME4 4TR

Minicom icon Minicom :

01634 333111


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