§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of public appointments made by his Department in 1993 were of women; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RedwoodBetween 1 January and 1 December 1993, I and my predecessor appointed 50 women—25 per cent.—and 149 men to public bodies.
594Waverages and merely describe the sample. In order to make estimates for the populations from which the samples are drawn, it is necessary to weight the sample imformation. The sample for Nottingham is too small to give reliable results.