HC Deb 27 January 1995 vol 253 cc408-9W
Mrs. Maddock

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many employees for which his 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. Robert G. Hughes

The Department and agencies for which my right hon. Friend is responsible did not exist in any comparable form before the 1992 election. The figures for 1993 and 1994 for these and other areas which fall within the Cabinet Office vote are as follows:

OHS RAS COI HMSO
1993 1994 1993 1994 1993 1994 1993 1994
Grade 7 3 3 6 6 7 8 5 5
Grade 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Executive Officer level 18 16 19 16 22 26 149 158
Administrative Officer level 41 39 41 39 59 50 422 397
Administrative assistant level 8 7 28 25 7 5 142 122
Total women in department 112 109 94 86 95 89 971 936
Total staff in department 131 126 197 151 579 515 3,157 3,117