Accelerated Promotion Scheme

HC Deb 10 May 1995 vol 259 c479W

Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of prison staff on the accelerated promotion scheme are of ethnic minority origin. [23092]

Mr. Michael Forsyth

[holding answer 9 May 1995]: Responsibility for this matter has been delegated to the Director General of the Prison Service, who has been asked to arrange for a reply to be given.

Letter from A. J. Pearson to Mr. Doug Hoyle, dated 10 May 1995:

The Home Secretary has asked me, in the absence of the Director General from the office, to reply to your recent Question about the proportion of prison staff on the Accelerated Promotion Scheme who are of ethnic minority origin.There are at present 89 members of the Prison Service on the Accelerated Promotion Scheme, none of whom is of ethnic minority origin.