Commission for Racial Equality

HC Deb 08 March 1991 vol 187 cc306-7W

Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the outcome of the recent post office investigation into leaked documents at the Commission for Racial Equality; and what was the cost of the investigation and who paid for it.

Mrs. Rumbold

I understand that the outcome of this post office investigation was inconclusive and no action was taken. The cost, paid by the Commission for Racial Equality, was £2,303.

Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will make a statement on the number of redundancies declared under the recent restructuring proposals at the Commission for Racial Equality, giving an ethnic and gender breakdown.

Mrs. Rumbold

I understand that three officers took compulsory early retirement or severance because of the recent structural changes at the Commission for Racial Equality. All were men—one African, one Asian and one white.