HC Deb 25 March 1994 vol 240 cc457-9W
Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list for each civil service grade in his Department(a) the total number of persons employed and (b) the percentage of this figure who are women.

Mr. Eggar

[holding answer 17 March 1994]: The information requested in respect of permanent staff in post on 16 March 1994 is set out in the following table:

Total staff Percentage of staff who are female
Grade Number Per cent.
Grade 1 1 0.0
Grade 2 8 0.0
Grade 3 52 9.6
Grade 4 7 28.6
Assistant Comptroller (Patent Office) 2 0.0
Grade 5 204 15.2
Executive Director Lower Insolvency Service 3 0.0
Superintendent Examiner (Patent Office) 8 0.0
Reservoir Evaluation Specialist 1 1 0.0
Grade 6 181 16.6
Grade 7 922 15.0
Insolvency Grade A 12 0.0
Insolvency Grade B 70 5.7
Principal Examiner (Patent Office) 26 7.7
Senior Examiner (Patent Office) 168 10.1
Chief Investigations Officer 1 0.0
Reservoir Evaluation Specialist 2 2 0.0
Petroleum Specialist 2 1 0.0
Reservoir Evaluation Specialist 3 8 12 5
Petroleum Specialist 3 3 0.0
Senior Electrical Engineer 1 4 0.0
Senior Executive Officer 381 17.6
Higher Executive Officer D 35 45.7
Higher Executive Officer 1,008 30.0
Executive Officer 1,521 44.0

Total staff Percentage of staff who are female
Grade Number Per cent
Administrative Trainee 13 30.8
Senior Economic Assistant 15 60.0
Economic Assistant 5 20.0
Senior Assistant Statistician 4 50.0
Assistant Statistician 6 33.3
Senior Information Officer 18 44.4
Information Officer 28 32.1
Assistant Information Officer 13 38.5
Higher Graphics Officer 1 100.0
Legal Officer 5 60.0
Senior Librarian 8 50.0
Librarian 20 50.0
Assistant Librarian 27 59.3
Photographic Officer 1 0.0
Process and General Supervisory C 2 0.0
Process and General Supervisory D 2 0.0
Senior Scientific Officer 296 12.5
Higher Scientific Officer 335 25.4
Scientific Officer 181 32.6
Senior Personal Secretary 45 97.8
Senior Professional and Technical Officer 99 1.0
Higher Professional and Technical Officer 81 4.9
Professional and Technical Officer 28 3.6
Professional and Technical Officer IV 1 0.0
Senior Telecommunications Technical Officer 13 0.0
Higher Telecommunications Technical Officer 44 0.0
Telecommunications Technical Officer 110 0.0
Insolvency Grade C 132 23.5
Insolvency grade D 311 31.8
Insolvency grade E 138 53.6
Examiner (patent office) 32 9.4
Translator I 2 0
Translator II 9 77.8
Translator III 1 0
Deputy chief investigations officer 8 0
Investigations officer 42 2.4
Communications officer IV 3 66.7
Chief typing manager 6 83.3
Typing manager 29 100
Support manager 1 1 0
Legal trainee 0 0
Higher scientific officer D 11 36.4
Senior management trainee 3 33.3
Chief gas examiner 1 0
Reservoir evaluation specialist 4 20 35
Petroleum specialist 4 9 0
Area gas examiner 1 100
Reservoir evaluation specialist 5 2 100
Petroleum specialist 5 2 0
Gas examiner 4 0
Chief gas meter examiner 1 0
Assistant chief gas meter examiner 1 0
Gas meter examiner 1 2 0
Gas meter examiner 2 9 0
Gas meter examiner 3 10 0
Higher mapping and charting officer 1 0
Administrative officer 2,192 59.5
Administrative assistant 1,103 57.8
Graphics officer 2 100
Support manager 2 9 44.4
Support manager 3 38 71.1
Support grade 1 134 75.4
Support grade 2 653 65.8
Senior photographer 2 0
Photographer 1 0
Industrial 140 5.7
Technical grade 1 9 22.2
Part time graduate trainee 6 16.7
Technican 2A 0 0
Assistant telecommunications technical officer 23 0
Trainee telecommunications technical officer 1 100
Personal secretary 353 99.4
Typist 438 98.4

Total staff Percentage of staff who are female
Grade Number Percent.
Assistant scientific officer 87 41.4
Graphics technical grade 1 100
Mapping and charting officer 3 0
Total 12,016 43.2