§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to his answer of 11 January 2001,Official Report, column 1045W, on Muslim women, what research he has commissioned on the participation of Muslim women in the labour market. [28219]
§ Mr. Nicholas BrownPrevious research in the Department has been concerned with labour market participation by ethnic group rather than religion. However, the Department is currently giving consideration to funding a qualitative research study in 2002 featuring the labour market experiences of Muslim women as part of a wider study of all ethnic groups.