HC Deb 27 February 1992 vol 204 cc576-7W
Mrs. Mahon

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy 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. Wakeham

The information requested is in the following table:

Grade Males Females
1 1.0 —
2 2.0 —
3 10.0 —
4 1.0 —
5 31.0 3.0
6 21.0 1.0
7 121.5 12.0
SEO 39.0 3.5
HEO 77.0 19.0
Admin. Trainee 1.0 —
EO 88.0 43.0
AO (CO) 50.5 79.0
AA (CA) 25.5 31.0

Notes:

1. Figures are as at 1 April 1991.

2. Full-time staff count as I and part-time staff 0–5.

Mrs. Mahon

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

Mr. Wakeham

As at 1 April 1991 the Department employed 969 staff of whom 808 (83 per cent.) had responded to the surveys; of the respondents 85 (10.4 per cent.) have identified themselves as from the ethnic minorities. As at 1 June 1991 there were 13 registered disabled staff in the Department. These figures are on a headcount basis, that is, full and part-time staff count as one.