§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report details of numbers of staff employed by the Commission for Racial Equality in each of its offices; and how many of these are Welsh speaking.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe number of staff currently employed by the Commission for Racial Equality in each of its offices is:
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Number London 162 Manchester 14 Leeds 9 Birmingham 13 Leicester 6 I understand that the commission has one fluent Welsh language speaker in its London office.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the dates on which Ministers from his Department have, since May 1979, met the chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality, indicating what was the general subject of discussion at each such meeting.
§ Mr. WaddingtonSince May 1979 Home Office Ministers have met the chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality on a number of occasions to discuss general matters of mutual interest affecting the commission; the most recent meeting was on 2 October when my right hon. Friend met the chairman and other members of the commission.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the cost of maintaining the Commission for Racial Equality in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. WaddingtonIn the last five years, the Commission for Racial Equality has received grant-in-aid as follows:
Year £ million 1980–81 7,036 1981–82 7,856 1982–83 8,392 1983–84 8,720 1984–85 9,261
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report details as to how many complaints the Commission for Racial Equality received from (a) England, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) Scotland and (d) Wales, respectively, for the last year for which this information is available.
§ Mr. WaddingtonI understand that in 1984 the commission received 1,202 complaints: 1,172 from England, 12 from Scotland and 18 from Wales. The Race Relations Act 1976 does not extend to Northern Ireland.