§ Lord Stoddart of Swindonasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many (i) men and (ii) women are employed by each department of state in (a) administrative and clerical grades, (b) professional and technical grades and (c) manual grades.
Earl HoweFollowing delegation of pay and grading to departments earlier this year, it is no longer possible to distinguish administrative and clerical grades from professional and technical grades. The numbers of male and female industrial and non-industrial staff in each department are shown in Table 1D ofCivil Service Statistics 1996, a copy of which is in the Library.