HC Deb 19 October 1992 vol 212 cc186-7W
Mr. Alfred Morris

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table giving the number of officials in the top four grades of the civil service in the Department of Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Defence, the Treasury, the Foreign Office, Inland Revenue, the Home Office and the Departments of the Environment, Employment, Transport, Health, Social Security and Education, and the number and percentage in each case from Oxbridge colleges and the number of women and of disabled people in each case.

Mr. Lamont

The table gives the total number of staff and the number of women in grades 1–4 in the selected Departments. Complete information relating to colleges attended and the number of disabled people in these grades is not held centrally.

Grades 1–4 staff in post at 1 April 1992, by selected department
Total Women
Department of Trade and Industry 62 6
Ministry of Defence 103 3
HM Treasury 39 2
Foreign and Commonwealth Office 143 6
Inland Revenue 65
Home Office 42 9
Department of the Environment 77 8
Department of Employment 24 2
Department of Transport 42

Total Women
Department of Health 66 18
Department of Social Security 31 6
Department of Education and Science 31 3