§ Mr. Laurence RobertsonTo 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 three years; and how many of these were settled before reaching the employment tribunal. [158879]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe number of complaints of racial discrimination made by the Commission for Racial Equality staff in each of the last three years is as follows
1998: 81999: 32000: 3.Of the 14 cases, none are on-going. Six cases were settled before reaching the employment tribunal, six were dismissed by tribunals and two were withdrawn.