HC Deb 23 July 1999 vol 335 cc729-30W
Jackie Ballard

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what new data series separated by gender, race, disability and age have been commissioned by his Department since June 1997. [90830]

Mr. Tony Lloyd

No new data series separated by gender, race, disability and age have been commissioned by the FCO since June 1997, although a number of existing data series are routinely analysed in this way.

Recruitment, resignation and appraisal figures are routinely analysed by race, gender and disability. The number of staff in each grade is also broken down annually by gender, race and disability. A number of other data series separated by gender, race, disability and age continue to be analysed on an ad hoc basis.