HC Deb 02 December 1991 vol 200 c28W
46. Mrs. Gorman

To ask the Minister for the Civil Service how many women are employed in the upper grades of the civil service.

Mr. Renton

On 1 April 1991 there were 3,156 women in grades 1 to 7 and equivalents. This represents just over 12 per cent. of all staff in these grades, up from almost 7 per cent. in 1984 when the programme of action to achieve equality of opportunity for women in the civil service was launched.