§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what measures his Department has implemented during the last 12 months to encourage the promotion of women into senior positions within his Department and its executive agencies; and what progress his Department has made in encouraging the promotion of women over the last five years. [31542]
§ Mr. HagueDuring the last 12 months my Department has held development training for senior women and a series of seminars on specific equal opportunities topics for all senior officers. This training is open to staff in the executive agency Cadw.
My Department has been a member of Opportunity 2000 since 1992 and actively supports its aims.
Over the last five years, the proportion of women in the senior civil service, grades 1 to 5, has risen from 15 per cent. at 1 January 1992 to 22 per cent. at 1 April 1996.