HC Deb 25 July 1988 vol 138 c5W
Mr. Janner

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in which grades people from the ethnic minorities employed in the aid wing in grades 1 to 7 are employed.

Mr. Chris Patten

Disclosure of this information would breach the code of practice agreed with the Council of Civil Service Unions about the confidentiality of ethnic origin information on staff in post, and would risk identifying individuals.