§ Miss Emma Nicholsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many women now occupy posts in (a) the administrative grade of the Civil Service and (b) the executive grade of the Civil Service; and what proportions these represent of the total number of civil servants employed in those higher grades.
§ Mr. BrookeThe information as at 1 January 1987 is as follows:
Grade level1 Number of women Percentage Open Structure 1,800 8 Executive 55,300 27 Administrative2 182,900 66 1 Broadly equivalent grades based on a comparison of salary scales. 2 Formerly known as Clerical grades.