asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what arrangements are in hand to ensure that his Department complies with the monitoring and positive action recommendations of the draft code of the Equal
| Year | Up to 1st Level* | Year | 2nd Level† | |
| Belgium | 1981 | 19·4 | — | not available |
| Denmark | — | not available | — | not available |
| France | 1981 | 22·0 | 1981 | 17·5(‡) |
| Germany, Federal Republic of (FTEs) (¶) | 1982 | 19·8(≑) | 1982 | 17·2 |
| Greece | 1980 | 23·9 | 1980 | 18·7 |
| Ireland | 1981 | 28·4 | 1979 | 15·0(¶) |
| Italy | 1981 | 15·9 | 1981 | 10·1 |
Opportunities Commission following the publication on 9 February 1984 of the "Programme of Action on Women in the Civil Service."
Existing joint management and trade union machinery is being used at departmental and national level to review such matters as promotion, selection for training and the incidence of part-time working. Women are being encouraged to attend courses (particularly developmental courses) and to make the maximum use of the training opportunities available. Use is being made of the Civil Service college course in the middle management for women only, and consideration is being given to whether a joint training course for women can be introduced into our departmental training programme, in co-operation with other small, local departments.