§ Mr. VazTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what percentage of public appointments made by his Department in 1993 were of(a) Asians and (b) black people; and if he will list their names.
Mr. John M. TaylorThe figures for public appointments made by the Lord Chancellor's Department and the Northern Ireland Court Service in 1993 are for(a) Asians 1.5 per cent. and for (b) black people 1 per cent. This answer does not include judicial appointments. It is not our practice to give names: when asking appointees for information on their ethnic origin it is our practice to make it clear that it will be used only for statistical purposes.