§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of current immigration appeals adjudicators (a) have legal experience and (b) are from the ethnic minorities; and what proportion from the ethnic minorities are women.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe 15 full-time adjudicators at present in post are all men. Forty-two of the part-time adjudicators are men and 11 are women. Ten of the full-time adjudicators and the majority of the part-time adjudicators hold legal qualifications. One of the full-time adjudicators is from the ethnic minorities, as are at least five of the part-time adjudicators including one woman.