§ Mrs. Dunwoodyasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the numbers of entrants to his Department from the ethnic minorities in the years 1985–86 and 1986–87 and if he will also list the monitoring procedures used to ascertain the percentage of the work force represented by ethnic minorities and their patterns of promotion; and what are his methods of recruitment of minorities into Department.
§ Mr. BrookeThe ethnic origins of new recruits have been surveyed since October 1985. The latest available information for the period up to September 1986 is as follows:
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Number Total new recruits to Her Majesty's Treasury (non-industrials only) in period 1 October 1985 to end September 1986 254 costs both as a total and broken down between the fur sectors mentioned; and if he will also state the number of full time equivalents in each case.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe table provides details of staff numbers in the National Health Service, local government, Civil Service and nationalised industries. Public expenditure figures, including those for Civil Service running costs, for the period 1981–82 to 1986–87 were published in the 1987 public expenditure White Paper, Cm 56. Figures for earlier years are not readily available on a comparable basis.
Number Ethnic origins White 152 Black/Asian 15 Not stated 87 A phased programme of departmental surveys of the ethnic origin of non-industrial civil servants by means of voluntary self-classification is being conducted. By the end of 1986 all non-industrial staff in the Treasury had been surveyed. Consideration is being given to ways of using the data on the ethnic origin of staff-in-post to monitor promotion.
All departmental recruitment is conducted on the basis of fair and open competition and selection is on merit. Recent pilot studies indicate that candidates from the ethnic minorities are well represented in our departmental recruitment schemes. We will continue to keep the proportion of ethnic applicants under review.