HC Deb 19 July 1968 vol 768 cc293-4W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will give for the most con- venient stated date since October, 1964 for which details are available, the number of Commonwealth immigrants who have been employed in his Department in executive situations, other than manual or industrial employment, and the countries of origin of these immigrants, and their actual stated appointments.

Mr. Callaghan

The number of known Commonwealth immigrants now employed in non-industrial grades in the Home Office is 136. 10 came from Ceylon, 3 from Ghana, 8 from Guyana, 27 from India, 4 from Kenya, 1 from Malaysia, 3 from Mauritius, 17 from Nigeria, 12 from Pakistan, 1 from Sierra Leone, 1 from Singapore, 1 from Uganda and 48 from the West Indies.

They are employed in the following grades:

Clerical, secretarial and typing 58
Executive (and analogous grades) 12
Medical and nursing 25
Paperkeeping and messengerial 11
Prison Officer and night patrol 12
Statistical 1
Technical (and analogous grades) 17