§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether he has issued any instructions, recommendations or guidance to any non-governmental organisation which comes under the aegis, sponsorship or control of his Department, and which has employees, concerning the implementation of the code of practice of the Commission for Racial Equality which came into force on 1 April;
(2) which of the quasi non-governmental organisations which have employees and for which his Department is responsible are complying, and which are not, with the recommendations of the code of the Commission for Racial Equality, and in particular with the recommendation for ethnic monitoring.
Mr. BrittonThe selection and personnel practices of non-departmental public bodies for which my Department is responsible are the formal responsibility of those bodies as employers but, as the sponsoring Minister, I would expect them to be aware of the provisions of the code and to take appropriate action.