§ Keith VazTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs pursuant to his answer of 18 June 2003, Official Report, column 274W, on adjudicators, if he will provide a breakdown by ethnic background of adjudicators in post. [121889]
§ Mr. LammyThere are currently 170 salaried adjudicators and 429 fee-paid adjudicators. The total of salaried adjudicators includes the chief adjudicator, the deputy chief adjudicator, nine regional adjudicators and seven deputy regional adjudicators. Of the background of the 170 salaried adjudicators 143 are white, five black, seven Asians, two Chinese, five other and eight unknown.
Of the 429 fee-paid adjudicators, 339 are white, 16 black, 20 Asians, one Chinese, 14 other, 37 unknown and two mixed.