Prime Minister Boris Johnson: Does his cabinet reflect 'modern Britain'?

New UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed his top team, described as a "cabinet for modern Britain".

Do his appointments reflect British society? Here's how the cabinet breaks down.

Eight out of the 33 positions in Mr Johnson's cabinet - including those who are not full members - have gone to women.

In terms of the overall number of women attending cabinet, never in British political history has the percentage reached 40%, although there have been times when it has gone beyond 30%.

The two highs were a stint under Gordon Brown, when almost four in 10 cabinet attendees were women (37.9%), and a brief period after Theresa May's January 2018 cabinet reshuffle, when the figure reached 34.5%.

Under Margaret Thatcher, just 5% were women - and that 5% was herself.

Women and girls make up 51% of the population (England and Wales), according to the 2011 census.

Mr Johnson has appointed four full cabinet members from BAME backgrounds (17%) as well as two ministers who will attend cabinet - a record for any government.

BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) is a term widely used in the UK to describe people of non-white descent, as defined by the Institute of Race Relations.

According to the Institute for Government, there have been only five full cabinet members from such backgrounds ever:

In addition to that, Patricia Scotland attended cabinet as attorney general and Sadiq Khan attended when his ministerial responsibilities as transport minister were on the agenda - both under Gordon Brown.

Some 14% of the population in England and Wales come from ethnic minority backgrounds, according to the 2011 census.

Some 64% of those attending cabinet under Mr Johnson attended fee-paying schools.

That's the highest percentage since John Major, when 71% had been educated privately.

Some 27% of the new cabinet went to a comprehensive school, while 9% attended a grammar school, according to the Sutton Trust.

The lowest number of state-educated cabinet members since 1979 came under Margaret Thatcher, when 91% had attended fee-paying schools.

Just 6.5% of the wider UK population attend private schools.

During the Labour years, 32% of the cabinet were privately-educated.

The number of cabinet ministers who attended Oxford or Cambridge has risen, from 44% to 48%. This includes Theresa Villiers, who completed her undergraduate degree at Bristol, but her masters at Oxford.

A total of 44% of Theresa May's first cabinet went to Oxbridge, but this figure rose to 48% in her reshuffle of 2018.

Both figures were still lower than David Cameron's 2015 cabinet (50%) and the 2010 coalition (69%).

Just 1% of people in the UK graduate from Oxford or Cambridge.

With the exception of Gordon Brown, every prime minister since 1937 who attended university was educated at one institution - Oxford. Mr Brown attended the University of Edinburgh.

By Mike Hills and Lucy Rodgers