§ Mrs. Ann CryerTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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. [104017]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonDetails of staff in post in the Treasury on 1 April 1999, broken down by gender and standard age group, are provided in the table. Information on this basis for 1979 is not available. The annual publication "Civil Service Statistics" provides a departmental breakdown of staff by gender for the year in question and service-wide information by age.512W Information on average age by responsibility level and gender is also provided in the "Equal Opportunities Data Summary 1998".
HM Treasury staff by gender and age as at 1 April 1999 Age group Men Women 15–19 2 1 20–24 45 28 25–29 95 77 30–34 119 64 35–39 85 52 40–44 77 50 45–49 63 34 50+ 84 69 Total 570 375