§ Mr. Marlowasked the Minister for the Civil Service whether he has any intention
88Wavailable 12-month period, the total financial costs, including administration of the Committee on Alternatives to Prosecution (Scotland), the amount disbursed by the body, the number of persons, including secretaries, involved with the body, the amount of payment for, respectively, members of the body by way of salary or equivalent expenses of members and secretarial salaries and expenses; and what were the figures in all the above categories in each of the past five years respectively.
§ The Solicitor-General for ScotlandThe information is as follows:—
of conducting a survey of civil servants to determine their ethnic origin.
§ Mr. ChannonI am waiting for the report of a joint working party of my Department and representatives from Civil Service management and unions about race relations policy in the Civil Service. No final recommendations have yet been received.
§ Mr. Marlowasked the Minister for the Civil Service whether any scheme exists for positive discrimination in appointments to the Civil Service of members of ethnic minorities.
§ Mr. ChannonNo.