HC Deb 12 January 2000 vol 342 cc204-5W
Mrs. Ann Cryer

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many(a) men and (b) women in each of the standard age groups were employed in his Department in (i) 1979 and (ii) 1999. [104029]

Mr. Morley

The figures requested for 1999 are set out in the table. These are expressed as Full Time Equivalents. A comparable split by age group is not available for 1979.

Female Male
Age Full Time Equivalents Total Full Time Equivalents
Core MAFF
16–19 108.64 54.55 163.19
20–24 349.47 284.91 634.38
25–29 476.50 432.64 909.14
30–34 462.72 459.19 921.91
35–39 452.50 446.19 898.69
40–44 369.26 444.55 813.81
45–49 344.77 456.29 801.07
50–54 362.12 495.93 858.05
55–59 237.07 323.57 560.64
60–75 83.95 95.19 179.14
Total Full Time Equivalents 3,246.98 3,493.02 6,740.00

Female Male
Age Full Time Equivalents Total Full Time Equivalents
MAFF Agencies
16–19 28.00 12.65 40.65
20–24 162.62 144.42 307.04
25–29 303.96 350.15 654.11
30–34 317.82 456.36 774.18
35–39 236.17 433.77 669.94
40–44 190.27 404.82 595.09
45–49 180.21 334.30 514.50
50–54 173.97 377.58 551.55
55–59 118.94 231.83 350.77
60–75 37.27 35.43 72.70
Total Full Time Equivalents 1,749.22 2,781.31 4,530.53

In 1979 there were 7,498 men and 5,639.5 women working in MAFF.