§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how many(a) colleges of further education, (b) colleges of higher education, (c) polytechnics and (d) universities in England and Wales are actively engaged in ethnic monitoring with respect to (i) academic staff, (ii) support staff and (iii) the student body;
(2) how many (a) colleges of further education, (b) colleges of higher education, (c) polytechnics and (d) universities in England and Wales are actively engaged in ethnic monitoring in accord with guidelines currently laid down by the Commission for Racial Equality with respect to (i) academic staff, (ii) support staff and (iii) the student body.
Mr. JacksonThis information is not collected by my Department. However, a consultative document was issued by the Department on 8 March addressing the issues and options for consideration in the collection of ethnically-based statistics for students in further and higher education. The document sought views on the use of the Commission for Racial Equality guidelines for classification of ethnic origin.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what information he has on overall percentages of black lecturers in(a) colleges of further education, (b) colleges of higher education, (c) polytechnics and (d) universities.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if UCCA and PCAS plan to include an ethnic monitoring question on their application forms for student entry to universities and polytechnics.
Mr. JacksonI refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Newham, North-West (Mr. Banks) on 13 April 1988, at column135, in which it was reported that UCCA is considering the question of ethnic monitoring of university applicants. In addition, a response to the Department's consultative document on ethnic monitoring of students in further and higher education has now been received from PCAS indicating its willingness to discuss the proposal with the Department.