HC Deb 25 February 1992 vol 204 cc463-4W
Mrs. Mahon

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a table showing the number of(a) men and (b) women in his Department in each of grades (i) 1, (ii) 2, (iii) 3, (iv) 4, (v) 5, (vi) 6, (vii) 7, (viii) SEO, (ix) HEO, (x) administrative trainee, (xi) EO, (xii) CO and (xiii) CA.

Mr. Atkins

The number of full-time equivalent men and women in each grade on 1 February 1992 was:

Grade Male Female
1–3 19 0
4 6 3
5 95 26
6 304 111
7 138 49
SEO 51 31
HEO 154 134
Administrative Trainee 5 0
EO 207 197
AO 132 335
AA 77 160

Mrs. Mahon

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the total number of employees in his Department; and how many are(a) black and (b) disabled.

Mr. Atkins

On 1 April 1991 the Department employed a headcount total of 2,838 staff of whom 261 respondents to the ethnic monitoring survey were of ethnic minority origins.

The latest figures provided on registered disabled staff relate to 1 June 1991 at which time there were 70 registered disabled staff out of a total of 2,679 full-time equivalent staff. There are other staff in the Department with disabilities who have chosen not to register and are not included in the above figure.

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