§ Fiona MactaggartTo ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many appointments to public bodies have been made through her 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. [42159]
§ Mr. Morley[holding answer 12 March 2002]: The numbers of men and women appointed, or reappointed, by Ministers in this Department to bodies sponsored by this Department during the periods in question are as follows:
1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001 1 April 2001 to 28 February 2002 Men appointed 235 96 Women appointed 78 44