§ Mrs. Ann CryerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many(a) men and (b) women in each of the standard age groups were employed in (i) his predecessor departments and English local authorities in 1979 and (ii) his Department and English local authorities in 1999. [104026]
§ Ms Beverley Hughes(i) Available records indicate that on 1 January 1979, 26,438 staff were employed in the Department of the Environment and the Department of Transport. Age and gender analysis is not available for that time.
In June 1979, the English Local Authorities employed some 1,813,000 staff. Again, analysis by age and gender is not available.
(ii) On 1 April 1999, 15,520 staff were employed in the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, of which 7,794 were men and 7,726 were women. The following is a breakdown into standard age groups for each gender:
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Age Men Women 16–17 1 7 18–19 67 101 20–24 366 474 25–29 609 693 30–34 793 1,047 35–39 935 1,332 40–44 1,091 1,240 45–49 1,187 1,064 50 and over 2,745 1,768 Totals 7,794 7,726 This information is not available for employees of Local Authorities. On 12 June 1998, the latest date for which figures are available, some 1,360,000 staff were employed within the English Local Authorities. Age and gender analysis of this total is not available.