§ Mr. VazTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will provide a breakdown, in numerical and percentage terms, of the ethnic origin, at 1 March, of(a) his private office, (b) Government special advisers, (c) his Policy Unit and (d) staff in total. [78513]
§ Mr. Nick Brown(a) The composition of my Private Office on 1 March was as follows:
Number Percentage White Origin 5 71.4 Ethnic minority origin 2 28.6 The figures quoted relate solely to my Private Office and do not cover the whole of the Secretariat in my Department.
(b) I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 22 February 1999, Official Report, column 39.
(c) My Department does not have a separate Policy Unit.
(d) I refer my hon. Friend to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 31 March 1999, Official Report, columns 710–11.