§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many of the staff in each of the integrated regional offices are(a) black people, (b) Asian and (c) female; and what percentages these are of the total.
§ Mr. Baldry[holding answer 26 April 1994]: The information requested is as follows.
435WEmployment Department notes:
Merseyside figures are included in those for the North West.
Due to reorganisation, figures for Merseyside are still being finalised. Gender breakdown of the 30 staff involved is not yet known.
This breakdown by ethnicity and grade is a new retrieval for the ED system. This has reduced the ethnic origin figure by 3 staff who identified themselves as black.