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Firm diversity information submission – deadline extended

05 August 2021

We started our two-yearly mandatory firm diversity data collection exercise on 5 July. The deadline for submitting information has been extended until Friday 13 August.

We wrote to all firms’ authorised signatories or organisational contacts to advise them what information they will need to provide. In 2019, more than 186,000 people took part in our survey across over 9,500 firms, giving us a good picture of diversity in the profession.

What is different from last time

We have made a few changes to the diversity questionnaire this year, including:

• revising the questions used to monitor socio-economic background
• updating the wording of the sex and gender questions.

You can read more about these changes and why we have made them on our website. There is further help on those pages, including:

• Help collecting the right diversity data
• Help reporting the data onto our website

If you have any queries, you can contact us.