HC Deb 09 November 1992 vol 213 c568W
Ms. Richardson

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many members the Health and Safety Commission has; how many of them are(a) women, (b) from ethnic minorities and (c) from ethnic minorities and women.

Mr. McLoughlin

The Health and Safety Commission currently comprises the chairman and nine other members. At present, one member is a woman and none is from an ethnic minority.

Ms. Richardson

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many health and safety inspectors are(a) female or (b) from ethnic minority backgrounds; and in each case what proportion this figure is of the total number.

Mr. McLoughlin

At 1 November 1992, 209 or 14 per cent. of inspectors were women and 23 or 1.5 per cent. were from ethnic minority backgrounds.