HC Deb 23 January 1995 vol 253 c75W
36. Mr. Cohen

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will indicate the percentage of the total number of appointments to public bodies who are (i) women, (ii) of Asian origin, (iii) of Afro-Caribbean origin and (iv) of other ethnic minority origin.

Mr. Robert G. Hughes

As I announced to the House on Friday, the proportion of public appointments held by women is 30 per cent.; and 2.6 per cent. of appointments are held by black and Asian people.