§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Energy when he last carried out an analysis of information required for ethnic monitoring of his Department; and whether he proposes to take steps within his Department to comply with the monitoring provisions of the Commission for Racial Equality's code on ethnic monitoring.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerMy Department is currently taking part in the surveys of the ethnic origins of non-industrial civil servants in the north west and county of Avon announced by my hon. Friend the Minister of State, Treasury in the House of Commons on 24 March 1983. —[Vol. 39, c.461.] I shall consider further action, in consultation with my colleagues, in the light of the results of these surveys.