§ Mr. Mike Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what were the total numbers of 425W staff and the numbers of men and women, respectively, at the latest available date in each grade from grade eight upwards in his Department.
§ Mr. Tomlinson:The number of staff in the mainstream grades—that is, excluding specialist grades—employed in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and at posts abroad at 30th November, broken down by grade between men and women is as follows:
Grade Men Women Total 1 15 — 15 2 31 — 31 3 112 2 114 4 332 6 338 5 518 29 547 6 266 22 288 7E 500 72 572 7A 58 9 67 8 41 4 45