To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will break down the staffing of the Women and Equality Unit by (a) sex and (b) ethnic origin. (118335)

As of 31 January 2007 there are 62 members of staff in the Women and Equality Unit, of which 16 are men and 46 women. 22 per cent. of the total number is from an ethnic minority background.