To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish a table showing the number of (a) men and (b) women in his Department in each of the grades (i) 1, (ii) 2, (iii) 3, (iv) 4, (v) 5, (vi) 6, (vii) 7, (viii) SEO, (ix) HEO, (x) administrative trainee, (xi) EO, (xii) CO and (xiii) CA.
The table shows staff in the Department of Transport and its agencies by grade equivalent and gender. The figures reflect staff in post at 1 April 1991 of 15,984.
| DTp staff by grade equivalent at 1 April 1991 | |||
| Grade | Men | Women | Total |
| Grade 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Grade 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| Grade 4 | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 9 | 116 |
| Grade 6 | 149 | 6 | 155 |
| Grade 7 | 686 | 69 | 755 |
| SEO | 917 | 72 | 989 |
| HEO | 1,098 | 310 | 1,408 |
| EO | 3,122 | 1,085 | 4,207 |
| AO | 1,597 | 2,655 | 4,252 |
| AA | 951 | 3,097 | 4,048 |
| Other | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| Total | 8,681 | 7,303 | 15,984 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the total number of employees in his Department; and how many are (a) black and (b) disabled.
The total number of non-industrial staff in post in the Department of Transport, and its agencies, on 1 April 1991 was 15,484. A survey of the ethnic origin of non-industrial staff showed that of the respondents—representing 81 per cent. of the Department —619 were from ethnic minority groups.