Serious Fraud Office

HC Deb 12 July 1993 vol 228 cc319-20W

Mr. Beggs

To ask the Attorney-General how many persons of Greek-Cypriot ethnicity are employed in the Serious Fraud Office.

The Attorney-General

The Serious Fraud Office is aware of only one employee whose ethnic origins lie within the Greek Cypriot community. Ethnic survey questionnaires are issued to all staff joining the Serious Fraud Office and are completed on a voluntary basis. The categories covered are those agreed with the civil service unions for the purposes of such a survey and do not isolate Greek Cypriot origins as a separate ethnicity.