The Race Relations Amendment Act could be used here as
it imposes a duty on public authorities to eliminate
unlawful racial discrimination; and to promote
equality of opportunity and good relations between
persons of different racial groups.
Unless ethnic monitoring is carried out, the authority
cannot possibly demonstrate it is doing either.
The Health Service always included a "not known" or
"not stated" category, to accommodate cases where it
would be impossible to collect ethnicity or where the
individual refuses. I personally would prefere a
"refuse to state/refuse to answer" option to be also
included, as the refusal rate is a useful indicator in
its own right.
GM Polato
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