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This release presents statistics on the diversity of the Home Office workforce. These statistics are in development, and formerly described as experimental statistics, in line with Guidance on producing official statistics in development published by the Office for Statistics Regulation. The statistics in this release are based on data from the Home Offices HR system for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023. This publicationforms part of the Home Offices responsetoRecommendation 28 of the Windrush Lessons Learned Review. The data we are publishing goes beyond the recommendation and covers broader identity categories, where possible examining representation by grade, and by different areas within the Home Office.

If you have queries about this release, please email theHome Office Statistical Transformation Team mailbox.

Home Office statisticians are committed to regularly reviewing the usefulness, clarity and accessibility of the statistics that we publish under theCode of Practice for Statistics.

We are therefore seeking your feedback as we look to improve the presentation and dissemination of our statistics and data in order to support all types of users.