Appointments (Women) (Hansard, 24 November 1992)

§ Ms. Mowlam
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will present, as numbers rather than percentages, the number of women who will be members of health authorities and national health service trust boards by 1996.

§ Dr. Mawhinney
It is not possible to predict the actual number of women who will be appointed to these boards by 1996.

§ Ms. Mowlam
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many of the appointees to the boards of third wave national health service trusts will be women; and how many appointees to each authority by 1996 will be women.

§ Dr. Mawhinney
Of the 512 third wave appointments made so far—chairmen and non-executive directors—203 are women. We are currently set to reach 40 per cent. set for this wave of appointments.
It is not possible to predict the actual number of women who will be appointed to third wave trust boards by 1996.