§ Dr. WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by her Department(a) hold public meetings, (b) conduct public consultation exercises, (c) conduct consultation exercises with outside commercial interests, (d) publish a register of members' interests, (e) publish agendas for meetings and (f) publish the minutes of meetings (i) under a statutory requirement and (ii) voluntarily. [21278]
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe Department's advisory non-departmental public bodies are:
- Committees for the Employment of People with Disabilities
- National Advisory Council on Employment of people with Disabilities
- Race Relations Employment Advisory Group Supported Employment Consultative Group Women's National Commission.
For each of these bodies the answer to each part of the question is none. Statistical Data and Analysis
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§ Mrs. MaddockTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans her Department has to provide statistical data and analysis on an individual gender-disaggregated basis and to use this to inform the preparation of education and employment policies; and if she will make a statement. [21402]
§ Mrs. GillanGender is a key characteristic of most of the statistics we collect and of much of the information we publish. Additional analyses are often available on request although, for obvious reasons, not at the level of individual people.
Such information already informs our education and employment policies and will continue to do so in future.