Women and Ethnic Minority Staff (Hansard, 28 November 1995)

§ Mr. Lang

[holding answer 22 November 1995]: The figures for the DTI, excluding its executive agencies, are as follows:

Breakdown of top 10 per cent. salary earners in DTI (excluding its executive agencies)
	Number	Percentage
Women	78	15.0
Staff of ethnic minority origin	13	2.5
Total number of staff	521	—

The figures exclude casual staff and staff currently out of the Department. The figures do not take account of staff transferring to the DTI from the Cabinet Office and the former Employment Department in the latest machinery of government changes.

The chief executives of the following executive agencies will respond direct to the hon. Member—Companies House, the Insolvency Service, the Laboratory of the Government Chemist, the National Weights and Measures Laboratory, the Patent Office and the Radiocommunications Agency.

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Letter from David Durham to Mrs. Margaret Beckett, dated 28 November 1995: You tabled a Parliamentary Question regarding the percentage of women and ethnic minorities employed in the highest 10% of staff in DTI. I have been asked to reply to you directly as Chief Executive of Companies House Executive Agency. The total number of staff in Companies House as at 23 November 1995 was 1087 on headcount and 937 on full time equivalent. The percentage of women employed in the highest 10% of paid staff is 28%, and of ethnic minorities employed in the highest 10% of paid staff is 5.5 %. I hope this is helpful.

Letter from Peter Joyce to Mrs. Margaret Beckett, dated 28 November 1995: The President of the Board of Trade has asked me to reply to your question about the percentage of women and ethnic minorities employed in the highest 10% of paid staff in The Insolvency Service.

The relevant figures at 20 November were:

Number of permanent staff	Females in highest 10% of paid staff	Ethnic minorities in highest 10% of paid staff
1,411	14–9.9%	10–7.1%

Letter from R. D. Worswick to Mrs. Margaret Beckett, dated 20 November 1995: I have been asked to answer your question PQ26N to the President of the Board of Trade tabled on 16 November 1995 with respect to the Laboratory of the Government Chemist. Of the highest 10% of paid staff employed at the Laboratory of the Government Chemist, 4% are women and 4% are from ethnic minorities.

Letter from Seton Bennett to Mrs. Margaret Beckett, dated 28 November 1995: The President of the Board of Trade has asked me to reply on behalf of the National Weights and Measures Laboratory to your question about the employment of women and ethnic minorities in the highest 10 per cent of paid staff. There are no women or ethnic minorities employed at that level in the National Weights and Measures Laboratory.

Letter from P. R. S. Hartnack to Mrs. Margaret Beckett, dated 28 November 1995: You asked for information about the percentage of women and ethnic minorities employed in the highest 10% of paid staff in the Department of Trade and Industry. This reply covers the Patent Office which is an Executive Agency of the Department. The relevant information is that the Patent Office has 88 staff in the top 10% salary bracket. Of these, 4.5% are women and none are from ethnic minorities.

Letter from Jim Norton to Mrs. Margaret Beckett, dated 28 November 1995: I am replying on behalf of the Radiocommunications Agency to your written question to the President of the Board of Trade about the percentage of women and ethnic minority staff employed in the highest 10% of paid staff in the Agency. To ask the President of the Board of Trade what percentage of (a) women and b) ethnic minorities are employed in the highest 10% of paid staff in his Department. Of the highest 10% of paid staff in the Agency, women and staff from ethnic backgrounds account for 4% each.