To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many of the Senior Civil Service staff employed at No 10 Downing Street are female; and what percentage they represent of all staff. (182787)

For these purposes No. 10 Downing Street forms an integral part of the Cabinet Office. The following answer relates to the whole of the Cabinet Office.

Information for 2006 can be found on the Office for National Statistics website at the following address:

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

Information for 2007 will be published in due course.