The document is a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General that examines the Department for Work and Pensions' efforts to increase employment rates for ethnic minorities in the UK. Some key points: 1) There is currently a 14.2 percentage point gap between the employment rates of the UK's ethnic minority population and the general population, costing the economy £8.6 billion annually. While the gap has narrowed slightly over time, fully closing it could take 30 years with current efforts. 2) The Department for Work and Pensions aims to reduce the gap through Jobcentre Plus offices and programs like New Deal, but past pilot programs targeted at ethnic minorities have had mixed results. More recently, the strategy