§ Mr. Jannerasked the Attorney-General, pursuant to his reply of 14 May, Official Report, column 2, whether the policy statement or the guidance and instructions issued on 6 March included a commitment to the carrying out of ethnic monitoring, as recommended by the code of the Commission for Racial Equality, which came into effect on 1 April.
§ Mr. Jannerasked the Attorney-General whether the monitoring function envisaged for the equal opportunities officers in his Department will involve the setting up or the operation of an ethnic monitoring exercise, as recommended by the code of the Commission for Racial Equality.
§ The Attorney-GeneralAs I said in my answer to the hon. and learned Member on 26 April, action in respect of ethnic monitoring in the three Departments for which 451W I am responsible will be considered when the results of the surveys carried out in the north west and Avon have been evaluated.
§ Mr. Jannerasked the Attorney-General, pursuant to his reply of 14 May, Official Report, column 2, whether he will place a copy of the report referred to in the Library; and whether he will make a statement.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe report is being prepared by officials of the Cabinet Office and Her Majesty's Treasury and is, therefore, a matter for my hon. Friend the Minister with responsibility for the Civil Service.