§ Sandra GidleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what new data series separated by gender, race, disability and504W age have been commissioned by his Department since August 1997 to the Latest date for which information is available. [46494]
§ Dr. Whitehead[holding answer Tuesday 26 March 2002]: In DTLR, two statistical series incorporating the specified variables have been commissioned in the time period in question. These are two household surveys, the survey of English Housing and the National Travel Survey. All four variables have been collected on the Survey of English Housing since before 1997 and ethnicity was included in the National Travel Survey in 2001.