Diversity and Inclusion Employment Monitoring Report 2025

Religion and belief

The staff figures for religion and belief and the comparative figures from the census 2021 are as follows:

Christian 44.3%% (Census 50.2%); No Religion 51.5% (Census 41.3%); Other Religion or belief 4.2% (Census 2.5%)

Low figures in some categories have meant that we are not able to include all data due to confidentiality reasons.

49.8% of employees have provided this information, compared to 76.0% in 2023 (see note on changes to EDI data sources in Methodology section).

Headcount by religion and belief
Religion and belief	%
Christian	44.3%
No religion	51.5%
Other religion or belief	4.2%

Recruitment

Appointees grouped together here as all other religion or beliefs saw a rise from 1.5% last year to 3.4%. This information is unstated for 20.0% of applicants and 31.7% of appointees.

Total recruitment
Religion and belief	% of total applied	% of total shortlisted	% of total appointed
Christian	43.1%	38.3%	35.8%
No religion	46.8%	56.2%	60.8%
Other religion or belief	10.1%	5.5%	3.4%

Internal recruitment
Religion and belief	% of total applied	% of total shortlisted	% of total appointed
Christian	31.9%	32.4%	33.6%
No religion	61.8%	62.7%	62.9%
Other religion or belief	6.3%	4.9%	3.4%

Leavers

Staff grouped as 'Other religion or belief' accounted for 6.3% of leavers, higher than the headcount figure of 4.2%. The resignations percent for these staff was lower at 51.7%, compared to 62.9% for all groups. This group had a higher percentage than average for reason not recorded.