§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 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. [30554]
§ Mr. BoswellThe information requested for permanent non-industrial staff in my Department including executive agencies on 1 April 1996 is as follows: (a) Total male staff 5,776; total female staff 4,460.
(b) Grade Total officials Women employed Percentage women 1 1 0 0 2 4 1 25 3 20 1 5 4 13 0 0 5 102 12 12 6 185 22 12 7 831 168 20 SEO 1,083 267 25 HEO 1,589 462 29 EO 2,360 896 38
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(c) Grade Total officials Women employed Percentage women AO 2,472 1,607 65 AA 1,550 998 64 These figures are provisional and more precise information will be published later this year in "Civil Service Statistics" copies of which are available in the Library. Information is not separately available for executive agencies. Casual and seasonal staff are excluded. Figures for total numbers at some grades are not directly comparable with 1995 figures because of reorganizations within MAFF.