HC Deb 05 March 1990 vol 168 cc393-4W
Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many and what percentage of women sit on boards awarding research grants.

Mr. Jackson

My right hon. Friend sponsors the five research councils—the agricultural and food research council; the economic and special research council; the medical research council; the natural environment research council and the science and engineering research council, all of which award grants for scientific research. At present, total membership of the councils is 102 and the number of women is 7, or 6.9 per cent.

Ms. Armstrong

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many(a) women lecturers and (b) men lecturers there are in (i) polytechnics and (ii) universities; and whether he will provide a break down of these by grade.

Mr. Jackson

Information for academic staff in universities is shown in the table.

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