Equal Opportunities

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of officers in grades 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, respectively, and overall in his Department are women.

The latest figures available show that 150 staff in grades 1 to 7 are women: this represents some 20 per cent. In the unified grades 24 per cent. of staff at grade 3, 21 per cent. at grade 5, 10 per cent. at grade 6 and 22 per cent. at grade 7 are women. There are no women in grades 1, 2 or 4. In the Home Office as a whole some 26 per cent. of staff are women.

Net expenditure on the criminal justice system 1982–83 to 1991–92
£ million
	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86	1986–87	1987–88	1988–89	1989–90	1990–91	¹1991–92
Police and forensic science service^{2 3}	2,352	2,553	2,943	2,908	3,128	3,456	3,827	4,339	4,839	5,431
Prisons³	485	554	601	655	696	775	902	1,092	1,341	1,459
Probation^{2 3}	144	155	173	184	216	224	247	280	320	382
Court Services (Home Office)	3	2	9	10	10	13	14	17	22	26
Criminal Injuries Compensation⁴	26	26	34	37	42	47	65	71	100	136
Magistrates' Courts³	124	139	152	161	177	211	236	275	294	350
Other Courts (Local Authority)³	14	15	16	17	17	18	19	27	26	30
Crown Courts⁵	—	—	—	—	74	81	103	112	125	141
Criminal Legal Aid	106	119	135	159	197	240	274	320	372	458

Volume 210: debated on Tuesday 30 June 1992