§ Baroness Uddinasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many Asian women have been appointed to non-governmental organisations over the past 24 months. [HL4084]
§ The Lord Privy Seal (Baroness Jay of Paddington)For the purpose of this answer, non-governmental organisations has been taken to mean non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs).
Details of the ethnic origin of appointees in the form requested are not held centrally but aggregated figures of people holding public appointments as recorded in the annual Cabinet Office publication Public Bodies are as follows:
Year Total Ethnic Minority Appointments Ethnic Minority Appointments by Gender Men Women 1 Sep 97 1,377 (3.6%) 947 (68.8%) 430 (31.2%) 1 Sep 98 1,339 (3.7%) 924 (69%) 415 (31%) 1 Sep 99 1,649 (4.7%) 1,117 (68%) 532 (32%)