HC Deb 23 July 1987 vol 120 cc332-3W
Ms. Richardson

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the number of (a) women and (b) men employed within each grade in his Department in each year since 1979.

Mr. Cope

The information requested is in the table. The data used in compiling the figures derive from central service-wide personnel records and there are some differences from published manpower totals.

1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
EO
Male 7,308.5 7,867.0 7,507.5 7,432.0 7,373.0 7,263.0 6,859.0 6,632.5 6,964.0
Female 4,728.0 5,056.5 4,783.5 5,101.0 5,488.5 5,669.5 5,462.5 5,661.5 7,359.5
AO
Male 6,815.0 6,009.0 6,261.0 7,688.5 7,518.5 7,401.5 6,779.5 6,846.5 7,307.5
Female 15,176.0 13,823.0 15,341.0 19,188.0 19,298.5 19,341.0 17,956.0 18,646.0 20,006.5
AA
Male 1,839.5 1,590.5 1,633.0 1,885.5 1,733.0 1,733.0 1,613.0 1,732.5 1,794.0
Female 6,872.5 7,107.0 7,624.0 7,990.0 7,494.0 7,315.5 6,681.5 6,908.0 6,872.5
(OG)
Male 190.0 67.5 24.0 19.0 23.0 8.0 7.0 — 4.0
Female 819.5 144.5 50.0 12.0 25.5 4.0 3.0 4.0 1.0
1 Figures as at 11 January each year.
2 During 1983 approximately 100 staff were re-categorised from Grade 5 equivalent to Grade 6 equivalent.