§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what is the percentage in schools of(a) governors, (b) administrators, (c) inspectors and (d) teachers who are of ethnic minority origins.
§ Mr. ForthA survey carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research in 1990 found that just over 1 per cent. of governors were from ethnic minority groups.
Information on the ethnic origins of administrators and inspectors is not centrally available.
The Government introduced ethnic monitoring of teachers in January 1990 following recommendations by the Swann committee, but response so far has been poor, although it is improving. As a result it is not yet possible to draw conclusions about the percentage of teachers nationally who are from ethnic minorities.