HC Deb 07 June 1996 vol 278 cc593-4W
Mr. Donohoe

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport 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 numbers and percentages 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. [30553]

Mr. Norris

The answer, as recorded in the Department's two computerised personnel records systems, is in the tables.

(a) Total staff in the Department of Transport as at 1st April 1996 broken down by gender
Number
Females 5,240
Males 6,552
Total 11,792

(b) Number of staff at each grade level as at 1st April 1996 (including what percentage are female)
Grade level Male Female Total Percentage who are female
Grade 1 1 0 1 0
Grade 2 4 0 4 0
Grade 3 15 3 18 16.66
Grade 4 13 0 13 0
Grade 5 77 12 89 13.48
Grade 6 94 4 98 4.08
Grade 7 503 60 563 10.66
SEO 659 75 734 10.22
HEO 784 264 1,048 25.19
EO 2,217 723 2,940 24.59
AO 1,325 1,985 3,310 59.97
AA 381 1,746 2,127 82.08
Others 479 368 847 43.45
Total 6,552 5,240 11,792 44.44

(c) Number of administrative staff at each grade level as at 1 April 1996 (including what percentage are female)
Grade level Male Female Total Percentage who are female
Grade 1 1 0 1 0
Grade 2 4 0 4 0
Grade 3 12 3 15 20
Grade 4 4 0 4 0
Grade 5 49 8 57 14.04
Grade 6 23 3 26 11.54
Grade 7 187 44 231 19.04
SEO 175 61 236 25.85
HEO 424 239 663 36.04
EO 553 574 1,127 50.93
AO 814 1,807 2,621 68.94
AA 341 1,417 1,758 80.60
Others 6 0 6 0
Total 2,593 4,156 6,749 61.58