HC Deb 06 July 2000 vol 353 c308W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many immigration adjudicators come from an ethnic minority background. [128874]

Mr. Lock

I have been asked to reply.

There are currently 43 full-time and 295 part-time immigration adjudicators. The ethnic background of the 43 full-time adjudicators is 29 white, three black, four Asian, and seven unknown or not specified. The ethnic background of the 295 part-time adjudicators is 199 white, nine black, 14 Asian, two Chinese, seven other and 64 unknown or not specified.