Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) Action Plan guidance

Definitions of ethnicity: people covered by the WRES.

The WRES uses the term minority ethnic because of its utility in surveying public-policy outcomes. However, we acknowledge the well-documented concerns that some ways of categorising ethnicity have not reflected how people recognise themselves and their self-identity. The definitions of ethnicity we are using are based on the Census 2011 harmonised ethnicity classification. We are referring to non-white staff groups (Categories D-R in the census).

See the Glossary for definitions of other terms used in this document and the action plan.