§ Mr. SinghTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many appointments to quangos he made between(a) 1 June 1997 and 31 May 1998 and (b) 1 June 1998 and 31 May 1999; and in each case of those how many were members of Britain's (i) Asian and (ii) ethnic minority communities. [92143]
§ Mr. MichaelThe number of appointments I made to quangos(a) between 1 June 1997 and 31 May 1998 was 121 and (b) between 1 June 1988 and 31 May 1999 was 131. Information as to how many of those appointees were members of Britain's Asian and ethnic minority communities cannot be divulged since disclosure would risk identifying individuals without their consent, in accordance with standard practice.