§ Mrs. Ann CryerTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what figures he can require from local authorities about the composition of their workforces in terms of(a) standard age groups, (b) ethnic origins and (c) gender. [104014]
§ Mr. Paul MurphyI do not have executive functions which would require me to seek this kind of information from local authorities. My statutory powers to obtain 159W information from local authorities were transferred to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 No. 672. Among these powers is section 141(2) of the Local Government Act 1972 which allows the Assembly to require any information held by or available to a principal council in consequence of the exercise of any of the council's statutory powers.