§ Sandra GidleyTo ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what proportion of ministerial appointments to public bodies in each year since 1997 were of(a) men and (b) women; and what proportion of public appointments were held by women in each year since 1997. [134682]
§ Mr. AlexanderInformation is provided annually in the Cabinet Office publication "Public Bodies". The latest available data is contained in "Public Bodies 2003", giving information as at 31 March 2003. Copies of these publications are held in the House Libraries.
These show that the number and proportion of men and women holding ministerial appointments in public bodies were as follows:
Men Women Year Number Per cent. Number Per cent. 1997 22,068 67 10,728 33 1998 20,676 66 10,487 34 1999 19,693 65 10,526 35 2000 17,303 66 9,106 34 2001 16,743 66 9,106 34 2001 16,743 65 9,106 35 2002 14,510 66 7,391 34 2003 14,436 64 8,028 36 Data on non-ministerial appointments have not been collected since 2001.