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Freedom of information request

TNA staff demographics

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Request

Since our nation had our 2021 Census a few years ago, I just wanted to ask if you could similarly provide me with the general demographic makeup of the employees working at the National Archives as of the latest available year data. In particular, just like the whole UK govt. data, I am looking for the population numbers of 2025 (or the latest available year):

  1. Racial groups as the UK govt. classifies:
    1. White - British
    2. White - Irish
    3. Asian - Indian
    4. Asian - Pakistani
    5. Asian - Bangladeshi
    6. Asian - Chinese
    7. Other non-national ethnic groups (like Africans, Arabs, other Asian, other White, Caribbean, Mixed race, etc.)
  2. Religious identities, in particular the number of:
    1. Christians
    2. Muslims
    3. Hindus
    4. Sikhs
    5. Buddhists
    6. Jews
    7. Non-religious & other religion
  3. What % percentage of staff have British citizenship?
  4. The percentage share of genders
  5. The most-common Languages spoken by the employees (other than English), such as:
    1. Polish
    2. Romanian
    3. Punjabi
    4. Urdu
    5. Portuguese
    6. Spanish
    7. Arabic
    8. Bengali
    9. Gujarati
    10. Italian
    11. All the other most-spoken languages
  6. What percentage of staff live in Greater London (i.e. the 32 London Boroughs & the City of London) & from outside London?
  7. What % percentage of staff have GCSE, A-Level & Degree-level qualifications?

It will be helpful if I can be able to get an idea of the general demographic data of the National Archives as a whole for its staff for the latest available year. Of course, I don't intend to ask for any personal details of anyone specifically in particular at all but rather get an overall picture of the National Archives' population through percentages or numbers (as suitable), so it will be helpful if you can help me find out. Even if all of these categories aren't known or available, I would appreciate as many of them as you're able to help me out with.

Outcome

Information provided.

Response

  1. Racial groups as the UK govt. classifies
    1. Race/Ethnicity percentages
    2. Asian/Asian British - Bangladeshi - 0.29%
    3. Asian/Asian British - Chinese - 0.44%
    4. Asian/Asian British - Indian - 3.22%
    5. Asian/Asian British - Pakistani - 0.29%
    6. Asian/Asian British - Any other Asian background - 2.34%
    7. Black/Black British - African - 1.90%
    8. Black/Black British - Caribbean - 1.46%
    9. Black/Black British - Any other Black/African/Caribbean background - 0.88%
    10. Mixed/Multiple - White and Asian - 1.02%
    11. Mixed/Multiple - White and Black African - 0.44%
    12. Mixed/Multiple - White and Black Caribbean - 0.58%
    13. Mixed/Multiple - Any other Mixed/Multiple ethnic background - 0.73%
    14. Other ethnic group - Arab - 0.15%
    15. Other ethnic group - Any other ethnic background - 1.61%
    16. White - British - 55.56%
    17. White - Irish - 0.88%
    18. White - Any other White background - 5.41%
    19. Prefer Not to Say - 0.88%
    20. Not recorded - 21.93%
  2. Religious identities percentages
    1. Buddhist - 0.29%
    2. Christian - 14.77%
    3. Hindu - 1.75%
    4. Jewish - 0.15%
    5. Muslim - 1.32%
    6. Sikh - 0.73%
    7. Other Religion or Belief - 0.29%
    8. No Religion - 26.61%
    9. Prefer not to say - 5.12%
    10. Not recorded - 48.98%
  3. What % percentage of staff have British citizenship?
    1. Citizenship Status percentages
    2. Citizen - 12.43%
    3. Non-citizen - 0.58%
    4. Not recorded - 86.99%
  4. The percentage share of genders
    1. Gender percentages
    2. Female - 49.71%
    3. Male - 42.40%
    4. Not recorded - 7.89%
  5. Most common languages spoken by the employees (other than English)
    1. Not recorded
  6. What percentage of staff live in Greater London
    1. Not in Greater London - 23.68%
    2. In Greater London - 73.10%
    3. Not recorded - 3.22%
  7. What % percentage of staff have GCSE, A-Level & Degree-level qualifications?
    1. Not recorded