HC Deb 04 June 1996 vol 278 c395W
Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if she will list(a) the number of (i) male and (ii) female employees, (b) the number of officials employed at each of the principal grades and the number and percentage of women employed at each of these grades and (c) the number of staff employed at administrative grades and the number and percentage of these staff who are women in her Department on 1 April. [30559]

Mr. Robin Squire

The table shows the number of full-time equivalent staff at 1 April 1996, including the Employment Service and the Teachers' Pensions Agency.

Grade, including equivalents Men Women Total number of staff Women as a percentage of total staff
Permanent Secretary 1 0 1 0
Director-General 5 0 5 0
Director 20 0 20 0
Divisional Manager 96 30 126 23.8
Grade 6 46 14 60 23.3
Grade 7 493 175 668 26.2
SEO 570 323 893 36.2
HEO 1,538 1,319 2,857 46.2
EO 4,176 8,188 12,364 66.2
AO 5,817 16,047 21,860 73.4
AA 494 979 1470 66.5
Total 13,256 27,071 40,324 67.1