HC Deb 28 February 1994 vol 238 c530W
Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what percentage of public appointments made by his Department in 1993 were of women; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. John M. Taylor

The figure for public appointments made by the Lord Chancellor's Department and the Northern Ireland court service in 1993 is 42 per cent. This answer does not include judicial appointments.