HC Deb 26 July 2000 vol 354 c639W
Mr. Baker

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British ambassadors and high commissioners on 1 January in each of the last 10 years were(a) women and (b) members of an ethnic minority; and if he will express the number in each category as a percentage of the total number of ambassadors and high commissioners. [132501]

Mr. Hain

The number of women who were British Ambassadors or High Commissioners on the 1 January in the past 10 years is as follows:

Year Number Percentage
1990 3 2.4
1991 3 2.3
1992 2 1.5
1993 3 2.2
1994 3 2.2
1995 3 2.2
1996 5 3.5
1997 7 4.9
1998 7 4.9
1999 7 4.9
2000 7 4.9

On 1 January 1994 and 1 January 1995 one Ambassador (0.7 per cent.) was of minority ethnic origin.

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