Diversity Data (As of June 2025)

Question

Response

Full equity solicitor partners

Other fee earning role

Role directly supporting fee earner

1. Role Category

 

1

3

3

2. Which age category are you in? – Aggregated data for your firm

16 – 24

   1

2

25 – 34

   2

1

35 – 44

 


 

45 – 54

     

55 – 64

1

   

65+

     

Prefer not to say

     

Invalid / no response to this question

     

3. What is your sex? – Aggregated data for your firm

Male

1

 2

3

Female

 

1


Other preferred description

     

Prefer not to say

     

Invalid / no response to this question

     

4. Is the gender you identify with the same as your sex registered at birth? – Aggregated data for your firm

Yes, gender identity the SAME as sex at birth

1

3

3

No, gender identity NOT THE SAME as sex at birth

     

Prefer not to say

     

Invalid / no response to this question

     

5. Do you consider yourself to have a disability according to the definition in the Equality Act 2010? – Aggregated data for your firm

Yes

     

No

1

3

3

Prefer not to say

     

Invalid / no response to this question

     

6. 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? – Aggregated data for your firm

Yes, limited a lot

     

Yes, limited a little

     

No

1

3

3

Prefer not to say

     

Invalid / no response to this question

     

7. What is your ethnic group? – Aggregated data for your firm

Bangladeshi

   1


Chinese

     

Indian

1

 1


Pakistani

 

1

 

Any other Asian background

   

2

African

     

Caribbean

     

Any other Black background

     

White and Asian

     

White and Black African

     

White and Black Caribbean

     

Any other Mixed / multiple ethnic background

     

British / English / Welsh / Northern Irish / Scottish

     

Irish

     

Gypsy or Irish Traveller

     

Roma

     

Any other White background

     

Arab

   

1

Any other ethnic group

     

Prefer not to say

     

Invalid / no response to this question

     

8. What is your religion or belief? – Aggregated data for your firm

No religion or belief

     

Buddhist

     

Christian

     

Hindu

     

Jewish

     

Muslim

1

3

3

Sikh

     

Any other religion or belief

     

Prefer not to say

     

Invalid / no response to this question

     

9. What is your sexual orientation? – Aggregated data for your firm

Bi

     

Gay/Lesbian

     

Heterosexual

1

3

3

Other preferred description

     

Prefer not to say

     

Invalid / no response to this question

     

10. Which type of school did you attend for the most time between the ages of 11 and 16? – Aggregated data for your firm

State-run or state-funded school – selective on academic, faith or other grounds

     1

State-run or state-funded school – non-selective

 

1

1

Independent / fee-paying school, where I received no bursary or a bursary covering less than 90% of my tuition

   1


Independent / fee-paying school, where I received a bursary covering 90% or more of my tuition

   1  

Attended school outside the UK

1

 

Don’t know / not sure

     

Prefer not to say

     

Invalid / no response to this question

     

11. Did either of your parents attend university and gain a degree (e.g. BA/BSc or equivalent) by the time you were 18? – Aggregated data for your firm

No, neither of my parents attended university

1

 2  

Yes, one or both of my parents attended university

 

1

3

Don’t know / not sure

     

Prefer not to say

     

Invalid / no response to this question

     

12. What was the occupation of your main household earner when you were 14? – Aggregated data for your firm

Modern professional and traditional professional occupations such as: teacher, nurse, physiotherapist, social worker, musician, police officer (sergeant or above), software designer, accountant, solicitor, medical practitioner, scientist, civil / mechanic engineer

1

1

2

Senior, middle or junior managers or administrators such as: finance manager, chief executive, large business owner, office manager, retail manager, bank manager, restaurant manager, warehouse manager

     

Clerical and intermediate occupations such as: secretary, personal assistant, call centre agent, clerical worker, nursery nurse

     

Technical and craft occupations such as: motor mechanic, plumber, printer, electrician, gardener, train driver

     

Routine, semi-routine manual and service occupations such as: postal worker, machine operative, security guard, caretaker, farm worker, catering assistant, sales assistant, HGV driver, cleaner, porter, packer, labourer, waiter/waitress, bar staff

   1  

Small business owners who employed less than 25 people such as: corner shop owners, small plumbing companies, retail shop owner, single restaurant or cafe owner, taxi owner, garage owner

   1  

Long term unemployed (claimed Jobseeker’s Allowance or earlier unemployment benefit for more than a year)

     

Other, such as: retired, this question does not apply to me, I don’t know

   


Prefer not to say

     1

Invalid / no response to this question

     

13. Are you a primary carer for a child or children under 18? – Aggregated data for your firm

Yes

     

No

1

3

3

Prefer not to say

     

Invalid / no response to this question

     

14. Do you look after or care for someone with long term physical or mental ill health caused by disability or age (not in a paid capacity)? – Aggregated data for your firm

No

1

3

3

Yes, 1 – 19 hours a week

     

Yes, 20 – 49 hours a week

     

Yes, 50 or more hours a week

     

Prefer not to say

     

Invalid / no response to this question

     

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