§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he 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 that are women, in his Department on 1 April. [30557]
§ Mr. HoramThe information is shown in the table. The grades of staff in the national health service regional offices which became part of the Department of Health on 1 April are not comparable with civil service grades. A separate entry has been made for these.
Whole-time equivalents Male Female Total Female percentage UG1 3 0 3 0 UG2 5 0 5 0 UG3 18 6 24 25 UG4 17 9 26 35 UG5 128 60 188 32 UG6 55 39 94 41 UG7 335 172 507 34 SEO 186 68 254 27 HEO 343 264 607 43 EO 361 436 797 55 AO 263 736 999 74 AA 117 225 342 66 NHS 372 570 942 61 Total 2,203 2,585 4,788 54 Staff out on secondment or on loan to other Government Departments, on maternity leave more than three months, or on unpaid career breaks/study leave are excluded.