HC Deb 26 February 1992 vol 204 c495W
Mrs. Mahon

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the total number of employees in his Department; and how many are(a) black, and (b) disabled.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The total number of staff in post in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office including the Overseas Development Administration at 1 April 1991 was 8,277. In voluntary surveys 181 had declared themselves to be of ethnic minority origin. At 1 June 1991 the FCO employed 49 registered disabled staff.

Mrs. Mahon

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish a table showing the number of(a) men and (b) women in his Department in each of grades (i) 1, (ii) 2, (iii) 3, (iv) 4, (v) 5, (vi) 6, (vii) 7, (viii) SEO, (ix) HEO, (x) administrative trainee, (xi) EO, (xii), CO and (xiii) CA.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The latest available figures for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, including the Overseas Development Administration, are as follows:

Grade (and Equivalents) Male Female
1 8
2 31
3 121 6
4 1
5 329 14
6 99 12
7 647 93
SEO 464 71.5
HEO 919 259
AT 218 20
EO 939.5 764.5
AO 1,210 1,463.5
AA 235 329.5