§ Mrs. MaddockTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what proportion of those accepted for fast-stream entry for which his Department is responsible(a) in 1991, (b) 1992, (c) in 1993 and (d) in 1994 were women.
§ Mr. HeseltineFor the years 1991 and 1992, I refer the hon. Member to the annual report of the Civil Service Commissioners for those years, copies of which are available in the Library of the House. Successful candidates for the fast-stream entry competitions assigned to the Department of Trade and Industry in 1993 and 1994 were as follows:
Total assigned Women Per cent, women 1993 Administration trainee/higher executive officer (development) 11 3 27 1994 AT/HEO(D) 9 2 22 1993 Science management trainee/higher scientific officer (development) 3 1 33 1994 SMT/HSO(D) 2 1 50 1993 Economic assistants 7 3 43 1994 Economic assistants 7 2 29 1993 Assistant statisticians and trainee statisticians 6 2 33 1994 Assistant statisticians and trainee statisticians 4 0 0