HC Deb 28 July 1988 vol 138 cc383-4W
Mr. Janner

To ask the Attorney-General how many new entrants to the Lord Chancellor's Department and the Treasury Solicitor's Department, respectively, were from ethnic minority groups in the year ended 31 May.

The Solicitor-General

In the year ending 31 May 1988, of those new entrants to the Lord Chancellor's Department and the Treasury Solicitor's Department who responded to the ethnic origin survey, the numbers who were from ethnic minority groups were 83 and eight respectively.

Mr. Janner

To ask the Attorney-General in what quasi-governmental bodies or other organisations under his aegis he has authority to request or require the carrying out of ethnic monitoring exercises in accordance with the code of the Commission for Racial Equality; and what ethnic monitoring and equal opportunities exercises have been carried out by each such Department.

The Solicitor-General

There are no such bodies or organisations under the aegis of the Attorney-General.

Mr. Janner

To ask the Attorney-General when he expects the full result of the survey of ethnic origin of staff to become available; and whether he will then place a copy in the Library.

The Solicitor-General

The results of the survey are being collated and analysed by the Cabinet Office (Office of the Minister for the Civil Service) on a servicewide basis.