§ Ms JowellTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what steps his Department is taking to collect statistics broken down by gender where relevant. [17690]
Mr. John M. Taylor[holding answer 29 February 1996]: Statistics concerning staff employed in my Department are normally based on pay and personnel records which include information on gender. Statistical information about personnel can therefore usually be broken down by gender.
The regular statistical surveys run by the DTI are business surveys, where questions on gender are not relevant. In addition, statistics on individual insolvencies are collected from official receivers' offices. There are no plans to break these statistics down by gender. The home accident and European home leisure accident surveillance systems collect gender statistics on home and leisure accidents.