To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the number of (a) men and (b) women in his Department in each of 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 information is set out in the table.
| Representation of men and women by grade in the Employment Department group at 1 April 1991 | |||
| Permanent staff in post by grade band All staff (administrative and specialist) | |||
| Grade group | Male | Female | Total |
| Grade 1 | 2·0 | 0·0 | 2·0 |
| Grade 2 | 4·0 | 1·0 | 5·0 |
| Grade 3 | 26·0 | 2·0 | 28·0 |
| Grade 4 | 18·0 | 0·0 | 18·0 |
| Grade 5 | 142·0 | 280 | 170·0 |
| Grade 6 | 253·5 | 35·5 | 289·0 |
| Grade 7 | 955·5 | 132·0 | 1,087·5 |
| SEO | 1,370·5 | 386·0 | 1,756·5 |
| HEO | 2,939·0 | 1,886·0 | 4,825·0 |
Grade group
| Male
| Female
| Total
|
| AT | 2·0 | 1·0 | 3·0 |
| EO | 5,510·5 | 8,779·5 | 14,290·0 |
| AO | 5,805·5 | 17,214·0 | 23,019·5 |
| AA | 707·5 | 2,106·0 | 2,813·5 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what is the total number of employees in his Department; and how many are (a) black and (b) disabled.
The total number of employees on 1 April 1991 was 52,784. At the same date there were 2,564 who classified themselves as of ethnic minority origin and 1,688·5 full-time equivalents who were registered as disabled.