§ 89. Mr. AshtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of the new recruits to the armed forces last year were of Asian or Afro-Caribbean origin.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonProvisional results of the ethnic monitoring survey of new recruits to the armed forces in the year ended 31 March 1989 show that 0.7 per cent. were black and 0.2 per cent. were Asian.