To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) men and (b) women are employed by his Department, broken down by civil service grade. (172688)

The latest published information on the gender breakdown of civil servants by Department is as at 30 September 2006 and is available in tables H at:

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_labour/2006CivilServiceStatistics.pdf

and

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_labour/CivilService2006TablesandCharts.xls