HC Deb 20 November 1992 vol 214 cc401-2W
Ms. Mowlam

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many women would need to be appointed to meet his Department's plans to have 50 per cent. of appointments to bodies concerned with school matters and 30 per cent. of those to non-school bodies to be women by 1996.

Mr. Forman

It is difficult to give accurate figures since overall total membership of our public bodies is subject to change. Assuming that the overall membership of the Department's public bodies remains until 1996 at the level indicated in the document "Public Appointments and Equal Opportunities" recently released through the Cabinet Office, we shall have to appoint 23 more women to bodies concerned with school matters and 25 more women to non-school bodies in order to achieve our published goals.

Ms. Mowlam

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list his Department's bodies concerned with school matters and non-school bodies; and if he will list the number of women, and the total number of members, appointed to each body.

Mr. Forman

The details requested are as follows:

Public Bodies concerned with school matters
Name of body Number of women Total number of members
Central Bureau for Educational Visits and Exchanges 4 16
Centre for Information on Language Teaching 4 12
Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education 4 16
Education Assets Board 2 11
National Council for Education Technology 8 19
National Curriculum Council 5 14
National Youth Agency 4 7
School Examinations and Assessment Council 4 14
Teaching as a Career Board 1 9
Business and Technology Education Council 3 15
Council for National Academic Awards 3 27
Further Education Funding Council (England) 4 14
Further Education Unit Board of Management 2 9
Fulbright Commission 1 6
Higher Education Funding Council for England 2 13
Name of body Number of women Total number of members
Polytechnics and Colleges Funding Council 2 15
University Commissioners 0 5
Universities Funding Council 3 14
Visiting Committee of the Cranfield Institute of Technology 0 7
Visiting Committee of the Royal College of Art 1 8