HC Deb 12 July 2000 vol 353 cc561-2W
Mr. Allan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many

Line Closures July—December 2000
Date Line Location Purpose
8–9 July Central North Acton to Northolt/Ealing Broadway Trackwork
8–9 July Bakerloo Queen's Park to Stonebridge Park Engineering work
15–16 July Bakerloo Queen's Park to Stonebridge Park Engineering work
15–16 July Central Bethnal Green to Leytonstone Leyton Trackwork
22–23 July Northern Tooting Broadway to Morden Platform work
22–23 July Bakerloo Queen's Park to Wembley Central Engineering work
29–30 July Metropolitan Wembley Park to Preston Road Track replacement
30 July until 7.45am Bakerloo Queen's Park to Wembley Central Engineering work
5–25 August Victoria Victoria to Brixton Track work
6 August until 7.45am Bakerloo Queen's Park to Wembley Central Engineering work
13 August until 7.45am Bakerloo Queen's Park to Wembley Central Engineering work

and what percentage of the (a) paid and (b) unpaid appointments which he has made to non-departmental public bodies since 1 May 1997 were women. [129842]

Ms Beverley Hughes

[holding answer 11 July 2000]: The Secretary of State has made the following appointments to non-departmental public bodies sponsored by the Department since 1 May 1997.

Appointments to UNDPBS since 1 May 1997
Women
(a) Paid 163 (25.2 per cent.)
(b) Unpaid 204 (27.3 per cent.)

This Government are committed to increasing representation of women in public life. In support of this, the Department has drawn up an action plan for increasing the number of women and ethnic minorities holding public appointments. The latest plans, together with the Governments overall plan, were published on 24 May 2000 in "Quangos, Opening Up Public Appointments 2000–2003", a copy of which is deposited in the Libraries of both Houses.