§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the number and percentage of women participating in the Overseas Development Administration training prgrammes in developing countries, in the United Kingdom, and in total, for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. MaudeGender-differentiated statistics on training in the United Kingdom under the aid programme are readily available from 1986 only. They show:
Students and Trainees Financed in United Kingdom 1986–88 Total Allocable by sex Total of which women Per cent, women Financed During: 1986 11,534 11,070 1,816 16.4 1987 13,144 13,144 2,373 18.1 1988 13,541 13,541 2,480 18.3 Equivalent data are not available for training provided in developing countries. From limited information for 1988–89, the proportion of women receiving in-country training appears to be significantly greater than the proportion receiving training in the United Kingdom under the aid programme.