§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether the responsibility for oversight and provision of advice on the Civil Service policy of nondiscrimination within his Department has included advice on the implementation of the ethnic monitoring policies contained in the code for the Commission for Racial Equality; and whether he proposes to implement those recommendations.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeAs my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security with responsibilities for the disabled said in his answer to the hon. and learned Gentleman on 26 April at column580–81 further action in respect of ethnic monitoring in this Department will be considered when the results of the surveys carried out in the north-west and Avon have been evaluated.
§ Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will place in the Library the instructions which have been given and disseminated in his Department concerning the implementation of the Commission for Racial Equality's code of practice and in particular on the recommendation for ethnic monitoring.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeI shall let the hon. and learned Gentleman have a reply as soon as possible.