HC Deb 05 November 1993 vol 231 c577W
Mrs. Clywd

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many civil servants are currently employed at his Department's offices at Caxton House; and how many were women(a) in 1990, and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

A total of 1,319 at 1 October 1993, of which 667 were women. The comparable figures for 1 October 1990 were 1,354 and 686 respectively. These figures comprise staff in all the Department's London headquarters offices.

Mrs. Clywd

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many women are employed at each Civil Service grade in his Department as a whole; and what percentage of each grade is constituted by women.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The numbers and percentages of women in each grade in the Employment Department Group at 1 October 1993 are set out in the following table:

Women in the employment department group at 1 October 1993
Grade Number Percentage
Administrative assistant 2,306 74.9
Administrative officer 24,267 75.4
Typist 716 99.6
Executive officer 11,586 67.5
Administrative trainee 4 80.0
Management trainee 35 60.3
Higher executive officer (D) 8 42.1
Higher executive officer 1,838 42.4
Senior executive officer 342 26.9
Grade 7 185 24.3
Grade 6 14 9.9
Grade 5 22 202
Grade 4 0 0.0
Grade 3 1 4.2
Grade 2 1 20.0
Grade 1 0 0.0