HC Deb 17 December 1985 vol 89 cc130-1W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when information on the ethnic origin of clients of the probation service will be available.

Mr. Mellor

We are carrying out a survey of the extent to which area probation services are collecting information about ethnic origin. Our next step will be to consult the probation service organisations about the means whereby accurate and useful national data could be collected.