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Recommendation 16
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Continue and expand annual reporting on departmental Non-Executive Director diversity, including ethnicity data.
Recommendation
The Committee notes that the latest Government Lead Non-Executive Report for 2021–22 shows a drop in female representation on departmental boards since 2020– 21, and we are particularly concerned by the absence of any data on black, Asian, and minority ethnic representation this year. We note that the Government has never reported on any characteristics beyond gender and ethnicity. The Government Lead Non-Executive should continue to report on the diversity of NEDs in terms of 36 The Role of Non-Executive Directors in Government gender and ethnicity at a minimum in the Annual Report. We also encourage the Government to consider what other metrics on diversity could be included in this Report.
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Government Response
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