§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his reply of 26 April, Official Report, column 598, by whom his Department's policies and procedures were reviewed before the Commission for Racial Equality's code of practice became operative; and when and to whom additional guidance and instructions were issued.
§ Mr. John Stradling ThomasPrior to the Commission for Racial Equality's code of practice becoming operative my senior officers reviewed the position, following which responsibility for implementing the code was delegated to the staff of the personnel management division.
§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his reply of 26 April, Official Report, column 598, by whom the results of the surveys of the ethnic origins of non-industrial civil servants are being evaluated; and when the results are expected.
§ Mr. John Stradling ThomasOur Department is not at present involved in the evaluation of the results of these surveys.