HC Deb 09 July 1985 vol 82 cc420-1W
Mr. Tony Banks

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will give details of the composition by sex and ethnic group for the following staff of the. Manpower Services Commission: (a) staff based in Sheffield, (b) area office personnel and for the skillcentre training agency as follows: (i) skillcentre managers and staff, (ii) all other staff.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

Staff numbers are not available in precisely the form requested. The programme of surveys to record the ethnic origin of staff has not yet been completed. The numbers of staff of each sex in post on 1 April 1985 in the nearest available groups to those requested are as follows:

Male Female
Manpower Services Commission staff
(a)Head Office staff based at Sheffield 1,263.0 854.5
(b) Area Office personnel (including, for Training Division, regional office staff 2,743.5 2,930.0
Skillcentre Training Agency (STA)* staff
(i) Skillcentre managers and staff 2,901.0 565.0
(ii) Operations managers office staff 88.0 44.0
* STA Head Office staff are included in the staff based in Sheffield.