§ Mr. JannerTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has carried out monitoring exercises in accordance with the codes of the Commission for Racial Equality and the Equal Opportunities Commission, respectively.
§ Mr. BrookeIn 1982 the Department carried out a study of career opportunities for women in the Treasury, which included the monitoring of relative success rates for men and women at an internal promotion board from the EO to the HEO grade and a comparison of these rates with relative assessments of long-term potential.
This year the Treasury will be participating in the OMCS review of career development issues, including the promotion process and allocation to duties, by gender and ethnic origin. This will involve monitoring two internal promotion boards during 1988 and calculating the likely representation in five and 10 years' time of women and ethnic minority staff in the grade levels covered by the exercise. This information will be used to judge future equal opportunities performance.
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§ Mr. JannerTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what monitoring of ethnic recruitment to his Department has been undertaken; and what have been the results of that monitoring.
§ Mr. BrookeThe Treasury introduced the ethnic monitoring of recruitment for the AO and AA grades in London in July 1987. This is now carried out continuously. Results suggest that the number of appointments offered to members of ethnic minorities is broadly in proportion to the number of eligible candidates applying from each ethnic group.