HC Deb 29 March 1999 vol 328 c505W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the President of the Council if she will provide a breakdown, in numerical and percentage terms, of the ethnic origin, at 1 March, of(a) her private office, (b) Government special advisers and (c) her Policy Unit. [78509]

Mrs. Beckett

On 1 March 1999 there were six staff in my Private Office, none of whom was of ethnic minority origin. As regards Special Advisers, I would refer my hon. Friend to answer given to my hon. Friend the Member for Brent, East (Mr. Livingstone) by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on 22 February 1999,Official Report, column 39.