§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for assistance under section 66 of the Race Relations Act 1976 the Commission for Racial Equality has received during the past 12 months; how many applications it supported by providing legal representation during that period; and from how many applicants for whom it initially provided legal representation it later withdrew legal support or funding before the case went to industrial tribunal or county court.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe information requested for the year 1991 is as follows. The number of applications received for assistance under section 66 of the Race Relations Act 1976 received by the Commission for Racial Equality was 1,655.
The number of applications for which the commission's complaints committee agreed to provide legal representation was 388.
The number of applicants for whom the Commission for Racial Equality initially provided legal representation, but from whom on review it later withdrew legal support or funding before the case went to industrial tribunal or county court or was otherwise settled or withdrawn by the complainant was 24.
§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applicants who received legal representation provided through the Commission for Racial Equality or its funded solicitors were represented at tribunals or county courts in the last 12 months.
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§ Mr. Peter LloydThe number of applicants represented at tribunals or county courts who received legal representation through the CRE in 1991 was 54.