HC Deb 16 March 1988 vol 129 c566W
Mr. Fisher

To ask the Minister for the Arts how many(a) black, (b) Asian and (c) other ethnic minority people are employed (i) full-time and (ii) part-time at the Arts Council in (1) executive, (2) clerical and secretarial and (3) ancillary, cleaning, caretaking and catering grades.

Mr. Luce

[holding answer 4 March 1988]: The reply is based on ethnic monitoring questionnaires voluntarily completed by staff; not all questionnaires were returned. Answers relate only to full-timers; no part-timers were identified in any ethnic minority group.

Blacks Asians Other ethnic minorities
Executive 5 1 1
Clerical 5 3 3

The Arts Council employs no ancillary grades directly.