§ Mr. Georgeasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will estimate for each year for which statistics are available the percentage of members of the 28 area boards of the Manpower Services Commission represented by female members and the percentage of those who undertake training schemes provided by the Manpower Services Commission represented by female participants.
§ Mr. GoldingI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the percentage of members of the 28 special programmes area boards represented by female members is 9. The area boards were set up to implement the special programmes which came into operation on 3rd April 1978.
The percentage of those who completed training courses provided by the Manpower Services Commission under the training opportunities scheme represented by female participants is shown in the following table:
1974 38 per cent. 1975 44 per cent. 1976 44 per cent. 1977 43 per cent.