§ Fiona MactaggartTo ask the Secretary of State for Health 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. [42158]
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§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 12 March 2002]: The number of men and women appointed, or re-appointed, to bodies sponsored by this Department during the period in question is as follows.
Period Men appointed Women appointed 1 April 2000–31 March 2001 1,125 942 1 April 2001–28 February 2002 836 693 As well as appointments made by Ministers, the figures include appointments made by the National Health Service Appointments Commission to NHS trusts, health authorities and primary care trusts since the Commission's estalishment in April 2001.