HC Deb 09 November 1998 vol 319 cc79-80W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will provide a breakdown, in numerical and percentage terms, of the ethnic origin of civil servants in his private office, as at 1 October 1997; [56801]

(2) if he will provide a breakdown, in numerical and percentage terms, of the ethnic origin of civil servants in his Department, by grade, as at 1 October 1997. [56799]

Mr. Spellar

I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given to him by my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 5 November 1998,Official Report, columns 666–71.