§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, representing the House of Commons Commission, what proportion of those employed in domestic service in the House are from ethnic minority backgrounds. [39943]
§ Mr. BeithEthnic monitoring of staff employed by the Commission has been in place since 1988. This is carried out on a voluntary basis and not all staff choose to respond to the ethnic monitoring questionnaire. The current figures for staff in the respective ethnic groupings are as follows:
Numbers of staff Percentage White 877 64.9 Asian (East African) 1 0.01 Asian (Indian) 12 0.9 Asian (Other) 8 0.6 Black (African) 23 1.7 Black (Carribbean) 26 1.9 Black (Other) 3 0.2 Other 8 0.6 Questionnaires not returned 394 29.1 Total 1,352