Chapter 2 - The Insolvency Service
Chapter 2 - The Insolvency Service
Chapter 2 - The Insolvency Service
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<strong>Chapter</strong> 2<br />
Diversity<br />
To enable us to assess the impact of our policies and<br />
processes on bankrupts from different ethnic groups we<br />
monitor their ethnicity. During the year the ethnicity of<br />
45,495 bankrupts was obtained. <strong>The</strong> information was<br />
used to determine whether the early discharge process,<br />
implemented on 1 April 2004, has had any differential<br />
impact on different ethnic groups. Whilst the assessment<br />
identified that there was a differential impact, this did not<br />
appear to be as a result of any differential application of the legislation or<br />
process by <strong>Insolvency</strong> <strong>Service</strong> staff. Research will be undertaken in 2006-07<br />
to determine more clearly the reasons for such impact. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Service</strong> also<br />
commenced a diagnostic using the Diversity Excellence Model, to help shape<br />
and chart progress in the diversity arena.<br />
Ethnic minority breakdown of individuals made<br />
bankrupt 2005-06<br />
39
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