HC Deb 13 March 1985 vol 75 cc153-4W
Mr. Janner

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what arrangements are in hand to ensure that his Department complies with the monitoring and positive action recommendations of the draft code of the Equal

Year Up to 1st Level* Year 2nd Level
Belgium 1981 19.4 not available
Denmark not available not available
France 1981 22.0 1981 17.5(‡)
Germany, Federal Republic of (FTEs) (¶) 1982 19.8(≑) 1982 17.2
Greece 1980 23.9 1980 18.7
Ireland 1981 28.4 1979 15.0(¶)
Italy 1981 15.9 1981 10.1

Opportunities Commission following the publication on 9 February 1984 of the "Programme of Action on Women in the Civil Service."

Sir Keith Joseph

Existing joint management and trade union machinery is being used at departmental and national level to review such matters as promotion, selection for training and the incidence of part-time working. Women are being encouraged to attend courses (particularly developmental courses) and to make the maximum use of the training opportunities available. Use is being made of the Civil Service college course in the middle management for women only, and consideration is being given to whether a joint training course for women can be introduced into our departmental training programme, in co-operation with other small, local departments.