§ Mr. VazTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of public appointments made by his Department in 1993 were of(a) Asians and (b) black people; and if he will list their names.
§ Mr. NelsonThe percentage of Asian and black people who took up public appointments made by the Treasury in 1993 are 5.5 per cent. and nil respectively.
The data on the ethnic origin of public appointees are collected in confidence. I am therefore unable to list their names.