HC Deb 25 March 2002 vol 382 cc694-5W
Mrs. Curtis-Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what plans she has to encourage women engineers back to work who have taken time off to raise families; [43576]

(2) what plans she has to promote an increase in the number of women entering the engineering profession. [43577]

Ms Hewitt

[holding answer 19 March 2002]: The DTI Promoting SET for Women unit works closely with the WISE campaign on a number of projects designed to attract more girls into engineering. We are funding a pilot mentoring scheme by WES/AWISE which will encourage and support both entrants and returners to science and engineering careers.