Regional Development Agencies: Manpower

Margaret Moran
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many (a) black and minority ethnic people and (b) women have served as board members of a regional development agency (RDA); and what percentage of the board of each RDA each group represented in each year since 2001.

Ms Rosie Winterton
Details of the number of women and black and minority ethnic people on the Regional Development Boards since 2001 and shown as a percentage of the Board.

For new appointments up to April 2009 BIS have 33.5 per cent. women and 4. per cent. black and ethnic minorities on their boards overall. BIS targets by 2011 are 50 per cent. board members to be women and 11 per cent. ethnic minority.

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|      |2001|2002|2003|2004|2005|2006|2007|2008|2009|
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|RDA   |No. |%   |No. |%   |No. |%   |No. |%   |No. |%|No.|%|No.|%|No.|%|No.|%|
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|AWM   |3   |23  |2   |13  |3   |20  |4   |27  |3   |20|3|20|3|20|3|20|3|20|
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|EEDA  |3   |25  |5   |33  |5   |33  |6   |40  |6   |40|4|27|3|20|4|27|5|33|
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|EMDA  |4   |29  |6   |40  |6   |40  |3   |20  |3   |20|4|27|3|20|4|27|4|27|
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|NWDA  |4   |31  |4   |27  |4   |27  |4   |27  |5   |33|5|33|5|33|5|33|4|27|
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|One NE|3   |23  |5   |33  |6   |40  |6   |40  |6   |40|5|33|5|33|5|33|5|33|
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|SEEDA |5   |33  |4   |27  |4   |27  |3   |20  |3   |20|3|20|4|27|3|20|4|27|
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|SWRDA |3   |23  |4   |27  |4   |27  |5   |33  |5   |33|5|33|6|40|5|33|5|33|
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|YF    |4   |31  |6   |40  |5   |33  |6   |40  |6   |40|6|40|6|40|6|40|5|33|
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|Total |29  |27  |36  |30  |37  |31  |37  |31  |37  |31|35|29|35|29|35|29|35|29|
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|      |2001|2002|2003|2004|2005|2006|2007|2008|2009|
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|RDA   |No. |%   |No. |%   |No. |%   |No. |%   |No. |%|No.|%|No.|%|No.|%|No.|%|
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|AWIW  |2   |15  |3   |20  |2   |13  |2   |13  |1   |7|1|7|1|7|0|0|0|0|
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|EEDA  |0   |0   |2   |13  |2   |13  |1   |7   |1   |7|0|0|0|0|0|0|1|7|
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|EM DA |0   |0   |2   |13  |2   |13  |1   |7   |2   |13|2|13|1|7|1|7|1|7|
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|NWDA  |0   |0   |1   |7   |1   |7   |1   |7   |1   |7|1|7|0|0|0|0|0|0|
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|One NE|1   |8   |2   |13  |2   |13  |1   |7   |0   |0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
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|SEEDA |0   |0   |1   |7   |1   |7   |2   |13  |2   |13|2|13|2|13|2|13|2|13|
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|SWRDA |0   |0   |0   |0   |0   |0   |0   |0   |0   |0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|0|
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|YF    |1   |8   |1   |7   |1   |7   |1   |7   |1   |7|1|7|1|7|1|7|2|13|
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|Total |4   |4   |12  |10  |11  |9   |9   |8   |8   |7|7|6|5|4|4|3|6|5|
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The London Development Agency is not included in the above statistics as it is the responsibility of the Mayor of London and not the Minister.