HC Deb 28 January 1986 vol 90 c475W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Paymaster General on what criteria areas were selected for inclusion in the pilot tests which have been initiated by his Department to collect information on ethnic minority unemployment statistics.

Mr. Alan Clark

The criteria used for selecting unemployment benefit office areas for inclusion in the pilot testing of the collection of ethnic minority unemployment statistics were:

  1. 1. an area of high unemployment and significant ethnic minority concentration;
  2. 2. an area of high unemployment and low ethnic minority concentration; and
  3. 3. an area of good employment with a significant mixture of minority communities.