§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken, since the coming into effect of the code of the Commission for Racial Equality on 1 April, to ensure compliance by his Department and, in particular, with the recommendations in respect of ethnic monitoring and of positive action, respectively.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe Liverpool passport office, then part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, took part in the surveys of the ethnic origins of non-industrial civil servants in the north-west and the county of Avon announced by my hon. Friend the Minister of State, Treasury, in the House on 24 March 1983. My Department's policies and procedures are being reviewed to ensure they are consistent with the CRE's code of practice. Equal opportunity officers have also been nominated within the Department. We shall consider further action in respect of ethnic monitoring once the results of the surveys mentioned have been evaluated.