Commission for Racial Equality (Hansard, 1 November 1999)

HC Deb 01 November 1999 vol 337 c64W 64W

Mr. Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many charges of racial discrimination have been made by staff of the Commission for Racial Equality against the Commission itself in each of the last five years. [96701]

§ Mr. Mike O'Brien
The number of complaints made by the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) staff to the Employment Tribunal alleging racial discrimination for each of the last five years is as follows:

1995–0

1996–5

1997–4

1998–8

1999–3

Of these 20 cases, three are ongoing, five were settled and the Tribunal dismissed 12. No finding of racial discrimination has ever been made against the CRE by the Tribunal.