§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Londonderry, East of 18 July, he will seek an assurance from the Fair Employment Commission that it will publish information on the community composition from individual monitoring returns from employers before 15 October.
§ Mr. Needham[holding answer 24 July 1990]: The Fair Employment Commission has announced that it will make available monitoring information in respect of individual concerns following receipt of the 1991 monitoring returns.
§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the information on the Fair Employment Commission sought by the hon. Member for Londonderry, East in written questions answered on 18 July is held on a computer which may be used to extract such information by reference to geographical area or by post code.
§ Mr. Needham[holding answer 24 July 1990]: The Fair Employment Commission is in the process of developing its information systems. Information on registered concerns, including their geographical location, is currently held on a temporary computer system and is being validated for transfer to a permanent computer system in the autumn. It was therefore not possible readily to provide the information requested by the hon. Gentleman.
§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will request the Fair Employment commission to carry out an investigation into the community composition of the work force employed by the Inner City Trust, Londonderry.
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§ Mr. Needham[holding answer 24 July 1990]: No. I would refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply I gave on 10 July, vol. 176, column 156.