§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland by whom his Department's policies and procedures were reviewed before the Commission for Racial Equality's code of practice became operative; and when additional guidance and instructions were issued and to whom.
§ Mr. Butler[pursuant to his reply, 14 May 1984, c. 16]: In respect of the home Civil Service, the policies and procedures of the Northern Ireland Office were reviewed by the Department's personnel management branch as part of the Cabinet Office's review of policies and procedures in the Civil Service as they affect race relations. Additional guidance and instructions were issued within the personnel management branch earlier this year.
As the Race Relations Act does not extend to Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Civil Service did not undertake any review of its policies and procedures prior to the issue of the code of practice.
§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when equal opportunity officers were designated within the Department; by whom such designation was made; what are the grades of such officers; and what are their duties.
§ Mr. Butler[pursuant to his reply, 14 May 1984, c. 16]: In respect of the home Civil Service, an equal opportunity officer in the grade of principal was designated by the principal establishment officer of the 200W Northern Ireland Office in 1983; the officer's duties are to provide information and advice on equal opportunity matters in relation to sex and race discrimination.
The Northern Ireland Civil Service has not as yet appointed equal opportunity officers.
§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland by whom the results of the surveys of the ethnic origins of non-industrial civil servants are being evaluated; and when such results are expected.
§ Mr. Butler[pursuant to his reply, 14 May 1984, c. 16]: The Northern Ireland Office is not involved in the surveys of the ethnic origins of non-industrial civil servants. In respect of the home Civil Service, the results of the surveys in the north-west economic planning region and the county of Avon are being evaluated centrally by officials of the Cabinet Office and Her Majesty's Treasury and a report is being prepared. It is expected that the results will be available shortly.
No surveys of the ethnic origins of the non-industrial civil service are being, or have been, undertaken in Northern Ireland to which the Race Relations Act does not apply.