Whiting & Partners Staff Diversity Questionnaire
18th August 2019| Whiting & Partners are accredited to perform the reserved legal service of non-contentious probate and are required to collect, report and | ||||||||
| publish diversity data about their employees. | ||||||||
| Based on the responses received the results for the year ended 31st March 2019 are:- | ||||||||
| Question | Response | Results | % | |||||
| Partner | Manager | Qualified | Training | |||||
| 1. About you | ICAEW Chartered Accountant | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 25 | |
| Other Chartered Accountant | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 24 | ||
| Other accountant | 6 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 30 | |||
| Legally qualified | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| Other profession | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Direct support staff | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Other | 9 | 10 | ||||||
| Prefer not to say | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| 2. Age | 16-24 | 20 | 22 | |||||
| 25-34 | 21 | 23 | ||||||
| 35-44 | 16 | 17 | ||||||
| 45-54 | 15 | 16 | ||||||
| 55-64 | 18 | 19 | ||||||
| 65 and over | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| 3. Gender | Male | 40 | 43 | |||||
| Female | 52 | 56 | ||||||
| Trans | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 4. Disability | (a) Do you consider yourself to have a disability according to the definition in the Equality Act? | |||||||
| Yes | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| No | 88 | 95 | ||||||
| Prefer not to say | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| (b) Are your day-to-day activities limited because of a health problem or disability which has lasted, or is expected to last, at least 12 months? | ||||||||
| Yes, limited a little | 8 | 9 | ||||||
| No | 83 | 89 | ||||||
| Prefer not to say | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 5. Ethnic group | Mixed/multiple ethnics groups | |||||||
| Other mixed/multiple ethnic background | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| White | ||||||||
| British/English/Welsh/Northern Irish/Scottish | 89 | 96 | ||||||
| Any other White background | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 6. Faith | Buddhist | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Christian | 44 | 47 | ||||||
| Prefer not to say | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| No Religion | 47 | 51 | ||||||
| 7. Socio-economic background | (a) If you went to university (to study a BA, BSc course or higher), were you part of the first generation of your family to do so? | |||||||
| Yes | 17 | 18 | ||||||
| No | 13 | 14 | ||||||
| Did not attend | 63 | 68 | ||||||
| (b) Did you mainly attend a state or fee-paying school between the ages 11–18? | ||||||||
| UK state school | 81 | 87 | ||||||
| UK independent/fee-paying school | 8 | 9 | ||||||
| Attended school outside the UK | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Prefer not to say | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 8. Social mobility | (a) Did any of your parent(s) or guardian(s) complete a university degree course or equivalent (e.g., BA, BSc or higher)? | |||||||
| Yes | 15 | 16 | ||||||
| No | 76 | 82 | ||||||
| I don’t know | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| (b) Which of these is your highest level of qualifications? | ||||||||
| 1 – 4 O Levels / CSEs / GCSEs (any grades), Entry Level, Foundation Diploma | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| 5+ O levels (passes), CSEs (grade 1), GCSEs (grades A*-C), School Certificate, 1 A level/2-3 | 7 | 8 | ||||||
| AS levels/VCEs, Higher Diploma | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| NVQ Level 2, Intermediate GNVQ, City and Guilds Craft, BTEC First/General Diploma, RSA | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Diploma | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 2+ A levels/VCEs, 4+ AS levels, Higher School Certificate, Progression/Advanced Diploma | 9 | 10 | ||||||
| NVQ Level 3, Advanced GNVQ, City and Guilds Advanced Craft, ONC, OND, BTEC National | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Undergraduate degree | 13 | 14 | ||||||
| Masters degree | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| NVQ Level 4 – 5, HNC, HND, RSA Higher Diploma, BTEC Higher Level | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Professional Qualifications | 38 | 41 | ||||||
| Other vocational/work-related qualifications | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| No qualifications | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Prefer not to say | 4 | 4 | ||||||
