§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many(a) men and (b) women applied for career breaks in his Department or its agencies; and how many have had their employment terminated in the last five years.
§ Mr. GoodladInformation on applications for career breaks is not collated centrally. The numbers of officers beginning unpaid career breaks in each of the last five years are:
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Male 12 11 11 5 10 Female 44 68 65 65 59 In the same period the numbers of officers who have had their employment terminated on disciplinary and poor performance grounds are:
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 Male 3 5 3 1 4 Female — 2 3 2 1 Staff whose applications for career breaks are not accepted do not have their employment terminated.