HC Deb 10 November 1998 vol 319 c141W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) if he will provide a breakdown, in numerical and percentage terms, of the ethnic origin of civil servants in his Department, by grade, as at 1 October 1997; [56817]

(2) if he will provide a breakdown, in numerical and percentage terms, of the ethnic origin of civil servants in his private office, as at 1 October 1997. [56819]

Dr. Howells

I refer my hon. Friend to the replies given by my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 5 November 1998,Official Report, columns 666–70.