HC Deb 24 January 1995 vol 253 cc167-8W
Mrs. Maddock

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many employees for which her Department is responsible were women(a) in 1991, (b) in 1992, (c) in 1993 and (d) in 1994; and, of these, how many were (i) at grade 7 level, (ii) at grade 3 level, (iii) at executive officer level, (iv) at administrative officer level and (v) at administrative assistant level.

Mr. Boswell

The number of women employed by the Department at the specified grades over the past four years is as follows:

1991 1992 1993 1994
Grade 3 0 0 0 0
Grade 7 31 44 39 45
EO 208 218 269 280
AO 403 410 446 416
AA 265 287 224 208
Overall 1,096 1,150 1,186 1,233