Priorities for 2006: people

Priorities	Aim	Year end 2006	Year end 2005
Senior management retention (earning over £90k)	To attract and retain the appropriate level of senior management to drive the strategic direction of the Group	91%	92%
Overall employee retention	To attract and retain the right people to deliver Group strategy, maintaining employee retention at or above industry average (81.7%)	82%	81%
Employees by location	To have at least 10% of our people based in India by 2009	3%	1.6%
Diversity of people	To reflect the communities in which we work:
	- Male/female split	51% male: 49% female	51% male: 49% female
	- Male/female split for management (earning over £50k)	76% male: 24% female	78% male: 22% female
	- Ethnic diversity	15% (based on 48% response rate)	14% (based on 40% response rate)
Part time workers	To provide flexible working hours whilst ensuring maximum flexibility in Group resources	24%	21%

Note: Following the introduction of SAP HR across the Group in 2005, our HR data is now more consistent and complete and as a result some historic figures have been adjusted to provide meaningful comparisons.