HC Deb 24 January 2000 vol 343 cc97-8W
Mrs. Ann Cryer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health 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. [104030]

Yvette Cooper

In 1979 the Departments of Health and Social Security were a single department. The table shows the number of men and women employed by the DHSS in each of the standard age groups.

Age group Female Male Total
All ages 62,525 35,903 98,482
16–19 8,325 2,437 10,762
20–24 15,599 5,909 21,508
25–29 8,369 5,012 13,381
30–34 5,238 4,154 9,392
35–39 3,848 2,505 6,353
40–44 3,597 2,046 5,643
45–49 4,577 2,138 6,715
50–75 12,969 11,700 21,669
Other 3 2 5

The table shows the number of women and men employed by the Department of Health at 31 March 1999 in each of the standard age groups.

Age group Female Male Total
All ages 2,821 2,117 4,938
16–19 13 5 18
20–24 121 85 206
25–29 342 185 527
30–34 555 282 837
35–39 551 343 894
40–44 430 362 792
45–49 367 379 746