HC Deb 30 March 1994 vol 240 c758W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage of pulblic appointments made by his Department in 1993 were of(a) Asians and (b) black people; and if he will list their names.

Mr. Norris

Statistics are not kept on the total number of public appointments—including reappointments—made by my right hon. Friend each year. A check was made on the number of appointments held by members of ethnic minorities at 1 September 1993 as part of the Government-wide monitoring exercise for the purposes of the Cabinet Office publication "Public Bodies 1993". This revealed that a holder of one of the DOT appointments listed in it is a member of an ethnic minority. However, as information on ethnic origin is given in confidene, the policy is not to give details that would identify ethnic origins of individuals.