HC Deb 28 February 1992 vol 204 c669W
Mrs. Mahon

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry 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. Leigh

The information requested is in the table.

Headcount of staff in the Department of Trade and Industry by grade level and gender at 1 April 1991.
Men Women
Grade 1 1 0
Grade 2 12 0
Grade 3 49 4
Grade 4 11 2
Grade 5 217 31
Grade 6 176 19
Grade 7 1,031 141
SEC, 851 130
HEO 1,335 513
Administrative Trainee (AT) 6 4
EO (excluding AT) 1,300 959
AO 1,152 1,990
AA 856 2,038

These figures include 84 men and 890 women who are part-time.

Mrs. Mahon

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

Mr. Leigh

The Department employs 13,056 staff, including industrial staff, of whom:

  1. (a) 1,111 are known to be black. 81 per cent. of the Department's employees have declared their ethnic origin.
  2. (b) 184 are known to be disabled. This figure includes both registered and unregistered disabled officers.

These figures are based on staff employed at 1 April 1991.