HC Deb 29 November 1996 vol 286 cc410-1W
Mrs. Roche

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what proportion of those employed by his Department in 1992–93 were women. [6435]

Mr. Willetts

[holding answer 28 November 1996]On 1 April 1992, women comprised 41 per cent. of the total number of people employed in the Cabinet Office, its agencies, HMSO and the Central Office of Information.

Mrs. Roche

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many women are currently employed by his Department at each civil service grade. [6437]

Mr. Willetts

[holding answer 28 November 1996]The breakdown of female staff by grade across the Cabinet Office and the Office of Public Service and its five agencies at 30 September. together with that of the Central Office of Information is shown in the table.

Cabinet office and Office of Public Service Central Office of Information
Grade Central Department OPS agencies Overall total
SCS 19 2 21 0
G6 2 7 9 1
G7 36 29 65 7
SEO 10 27 37 3
HEOD 25 0 25 0
HEO 39 33 72 6
EO 67 86 153 12
SPS 57 1 58 0
AO 88 142 230 44
PS 53 26 79 9
AA 39 7 46 6
AT 7 0 7 0
SIO 5 0 5 32
IO 6 0 6 37
AIO 1 0 1 3
SGB 43 21 64 4
TYP 27 16 43 8
SA 6 0 6 0
Other 22 44 66 0
Total 558 441 1,013 172

Other includes various specialist grades and non-graded staff.

Mrs. Roche

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many women are currently employed by his Department; and what proportion this is of the total. [1257]

Mr. Willetts

[pursuant to his reply, 4 November 1996, c. 336]I regret that my answer of 4 November did not include figures for the Central Office of Information. The corrected reply follows.

There are 558 women employed within the centre of the Cabinet Office and Office of Public Service which represents 46.4 per cent. of the work force. There are a total of 1,013 women within the whole of the Cabinet Office and Office of Public Service and agencies, which represents 32.4 per cent. of the work force. The divergence is attributable to the Security and Facilities Executive, where the majority of employees are male security guards. The Central Office of Information has 172 female employees, which represents 42.9 per cent. of the work force.