§ Sandra GidleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list by 363W Career grade (a) the total number and (b) the percentage of women employed in the diplomatic service in each last five years for which figures are available. [76536]
Grade 1997 % 1998 % 1999 % 2000 % 2001 % A1 100 43 98 40 116 44.1 155 47.3 178 47.1 A2 827 63 770 60 750 60.7 655 62.9 660 62.4 B3 616 42 622 45 628 44.3 608 48.3 618 49.2 C4 234 9.7 264 24 313 27.4 350 30.4 369 31.3 C5 51 15 55 15 45 13 77 16 83 16.9 D6 114 20 118 21 123 21.3 127 21.1 144 22.9 D7 18 22 22 23 27 28.4 39 31 42 27.3 SMS 26 6 30 7 28 6.2 38 8.5 44 9.8 Total 1986 36 1979 36 2030 36.7 2049 37.7 2138 38.2 Note:
The 2002 figures are not yet available.
§ Sandra GidleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many women have been recruited into the diplomatic service in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by grade. [76535]
§ Mr. MacShane[holding answer 22 October 2002]:The number of women recruited into the Diplomatic Service in each of the last five years, broken down by grade, is provided below.
Year No. of Woman Grade 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Grand Total A2 32 19 25 42 54 172 B3 15 13 15 22 25 90 C4 11 16 14 16 19 76 C5 2 1 1 2 3 9 D6 2 4 2 7 1 16 D7 1 3 4 Grand Total 62 54 57 89 105 367