§ Ms ShortTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many directors of Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise are (i) male and (ii) female; how many are from ethnic minority backgrounds; how many directors are from the private sector and which industrial sectors they come from; how many non-private sector directors are from(a) local authorities, (b) local education authorities, (c) other educational organisations, (d) trade unions, (e) voluntary organisations, (f) ethnic minority organisations, (g) employers associations and (h) others.
§ Mr. StewartDirectors of Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise are senior executives, directly responsible to the chief executives of the enterprise bodies.
At board level there are in total 23 members of Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise, of whom 19 are male and four are female. No information is collected on their ethnic origin.
The information requested on numbers of board members from the private and public sectors, set out in the table, relates to the principal activity of the member concerned. Many of Scottish. Enterprise's and Highlands and Islands Enterprise's board members are currently active in more than one of these areas.
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Scottish Enterprise Highlands and Islands Enterprise Private Sector Agriculture and Fisheries — 2 Construction and Manufacturing 5 4 Financial and other Services 3 3 Total 8 9 Public Sector (a) 1 1
Scottish Enterprise Highlands and Islands Enterprise (b) — — (c) 1 — (d) 1 — (e) — 1 (f) — — (g) — — (h) 1 — Total 4 2