§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he last met the chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. RumboldMy right hon. Friend met the chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality on Thursday 14 February to discuss current issues affecting community relations.
§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what resources at 1990 prices have been allocated by the Government to the Commission for Racial Equality for each year since its creation.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe information is as follows:
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Actual grant (£) At 1989–90 prices (£) 1977–781> 3,150,000 8,172,266 1978–79 4,900,000 11,464,938 1979–80 5,900,000 11,831,234 1980–81 7,000,000 11,862,396 1981–82 7,475,000 11,552,073 1982–83 8,287,000 11,957,462 1983–84 8,629,000 11,900,591 1984–85 9,359,000 12,283,441 1985–86 9,447,322 11,759,029 1986–87 10,583,000 12,737,251 1987–88 10,845,000 12,378,300 " 1988–89 11,256,000 11,973,449 1989–90 11,805,000 11,805,000 1990–912 13,512,400 12,511,481 1Part.
2Based on latest GDP deflator available in November 1990.
§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many magistrates there are in Britain; and of these how many are(a) black, (b) Asian and (c) women.
§ The Attorney-GeneralI have been asked to reply.
As at 1 January 1991 there were 29,062 lay magistrates in England and Wales. Of these, 12,964 were women. Records are not kept of the racial origins of magistrates. However, surveys in 1987 indicated that 528 were members of an ethnic minority and an informal count since has shown that the number of such appointments has exceeded the proportion in the population age groups from which appointments are normally made.