HC Deb 27 February 1992 vol 204 cc558-9W
Mrs. Mahon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment 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. Heseltine

The numbers of women and men at each grade level (including equivalent grades) in the Department of the Environment on 1 January 1992 were:

Female Male
Grade 1 0 1
Grade 2 2 6
Grade 3 5 31
Grade 4 0 9
Grade 5 21 126
Grade 6 20 259
Grade 7 118 658
SEO and equivalent 119 560
HEO and equivalent 298 641
EO and equivalent 544 697
AT 6 4
AO and equivalent 946 668

Female Male
AA and equivalent 627 363
Total (6,729) 2,704 4,025

Mrs. Mahon

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

Mr. Heseltine

The Department of the Environment had 6,729 non-industrial employees on 1 January 1992; 5,066 are white, 456 are of ethnic minority origin, and 1,207 have not yet revealed their ethnic origin.

The Department employs 73 staff who are registered disabled and a further 58 who are known to have a disability but are not registered.

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