§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, in the light of his Written Answer to the hon. Member for Louth on 15th October, Official Report, column 506, that while 9,924 complaints had been received by the Race Relations Board only 45 resulted in civil proceedings, he will reconsider his decision not to calculate the average cost of investigating each complaint.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints have been received by the Race Relations Board alleging racial discrimination; and how many of these complaints were upheld.
§ Mr. JohnI am informed that, of the 1,478 complaints received by the Board and its conciliation committees before 25th November 1968, under the Race Relations Act 1965, 81 were substantiated; and of the 8,446 cases registered by the Board under the Race Relations Act 1968 up to 30th September 1976, an opinion of discrimination was formed in 1,768 and 241 were still under investigation.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the estimated cost to public funds of the Race Relations Board for the current year.
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§ Mr. JohnProvision in parliamentary Estimates for 1976–77 amounts to about £818,000 in respect of the Race Relations Board. This does not include the provision in respect of regional accommodation which, like the headquarters accommodation, is provided as an allied service and a figure for which cannot be obtained without disproportionate cost. I regret that the reply to a Question by the hon. Member on 30th June—[Vol. 914, c. 183]—did not indicate that the figure given for 1975–76 also omitted the cost of accommodation outside London.