HC Deb 04 June 1996 vol 278 cc361-2W
Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list(a) the number of (i) male and (ii) female employees, (b) the number of officials employed at each of the principal grades and the number and percentage of women employed at each of these grades and (c) the number of staff employed at administrative grades and the number and percentage of these staff who are women in his Department on 1 April. [30546]

Mr. David Davis

The details requested are given in the tables. The figures are from the annual staff in post return as at 1 April 1996, including part-time staff.

The corresponding figures as at 1 April 1995 for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office diplomatic wing are given in table 6 on page 16 of the FCO departmental report, a copy of which is in the Library of the House.

FCO (Diplomatic wing)
Grade Male Female Total Percentage female
1/DS1 10 0 10 0
2/DS2 30 2 32 6
3/DS3 108 3 111 3
4 1 0 1 0
5/DS4 283 19 302 6
6/DS5S 82 18 100 18
7/DS5 472 99 571 17
SEO/DS6 320 56 376 15
HEO(D)/DS7D/8 110 51 161 32
HEO/DS7M 780 169 949 18
EO/DS9 926 624 1,550 40
AO/DS10/EA 537 893 1,430 62
AA/SGB2 151 109 260 42
Total 3,810 2,043 5,853 35

Overseas aid administration
Grade Male Female Total Percentage female
1 1 0 1 0
2 1 0 1 0
3 8 0 8 0

Overseas aid administration
Grade Male Female Total Percentage female
4 0 0 0
5 28 7 35 20
6 39 11 50 22
7 69 22 91 24
SEO 33 14 47 30
HEO 106 52 158 3a3
EO 120 81 201 40
AO 124 214 338 63
AA 29 51 80 64
Total 558 452 1,010 45

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