"Figure 4: Ethnic diversity in public sector occupations varies considerably","" "Ethnic background of workers in public sector occupations, UK, January to December 2018","" "","" "Notes","1. “White” includes respondents in England, Wales and Scotland identifying themselves as “White-Gypsy or Irish Traveller” and respondents in Scotland identifying themselves as “White-Polish”. 2. “Asian” includes respondents in all UK countries identifying themselves as “Indian”, “Pakistani”, “Bangladeshi”, “Chinese” and “Any other Asian background”. 3. “Black” includes respondents in all UK countries identifying themselves as “Black/African/Caribbean/Black British”. 4. “Other” includes respondents in Northern Ireland identifying themselves as “Irish Traveller” and respondents in all UK countries identifying themselves as “Arab” and as from “Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups”. 5. “Suppressed” contains the groups of ethnic backgrounds that we are unable to display for quality reasons for the listed occupations, as there are only small numbers of workers in those groups." "Unit","%" "","" "Occupation","Suppressed","Other","Black","Asian","White" "UK workforce","-","2","3","7","88" "","undefined","undefined","undefined","undefined","undefined" "Private sector","-","2","3","7","88" "Public sector","-","2","4","6","88" "","undefined","undefined","undefined","undefined","undefined" "Doctors","-","6","5","25","64" "Nurse auxiliaries and assistants","-","3","10","8","79" "Nurses and midwives","-","2","7","10","81" "Social workers","7","-","11","-","82" "Cleaners and housekeepers","9","-","9","-","82" "Further education teachers","14","-","-","-","86" "University lecturers","7","-","-","7","87" "Care workers","7","-","6","-","87" "Crossing patrols and school
mid-day supervisors","2","-","-","11","87" "Headteachers","6","-","-","-","94" "Local and national government
administrative roles","4","-","-","5","91" "Teaching and educational support assistants","-","2","2","5","91" "Secondary school teachers","4","-","-","4","92" "Primary school teachers","4","-","-","3","93" "Police officers","5","-","-","-","95"