§ Fiona MactaggartTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many appointments to public bodies have been made through his Department(a) from April 2000 to March 2001 and (b) since 31 March 2001; and how many of these were (i) men and (ii) women. [42163]
§ Mr. Bradshaw[holding answer 12 March 2002]The number of men and women appointed, or re-appointed, by Ministers in this Department to bodies sponsored by this Department during the periods in question is as follows:
Period Men appointed Women appointed 1.4.00–31.3.01 21 6 1.4.01–28.2.02 22 91