§ Mrs. ClwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his reply on 13 February,Official Report, column 131, if he will give a breakdown of the jobs held by the 18 per cent. of overseas Overseas Development Administration staff who are women; and what percentage of technical specialists working for the Overseas Development Administration overseas, and what percentage of agriculturalists, are women.
§ Mr. MaudeMy right hon. Friend the Minister for Overseas Development's reply of 13 February noted that currently there are nine women members of the ODA serving overseas. They occupy the following positions:
- British Development Division in the Caribbean:
- Senior Economic Assistant
- Executive Officer
- British Development Division in Eastern Africa:
- Senior Economic Assistant
- British Development Division in Southern Africa:
- Head of Division (Grade 5)
- Senior Health and Population Adviser
- Senior Economic Assistant
- British Development Division in the Pacific:
- Head of Division (Grade 5)
- Executive Officer
- South East Asia Development Division:
- Higher Executive Officer
Twenty-eight of the ODA's own staff overseas are technical specialists of whom four are women (14.3 per cent.). Within this group there are eight ODA agricultural specialists; none are women. One woman natural resources adviser from the ODA is currently on secondment to a technical co-operation assignment in Bangladesh.