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Written question asked by Jim Cunningham (Labour) on Wednesday, 25 April 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 1 May 2012. It was answered by Nick Hurd (Conservative) on Tuesday, 1 May 2012 on behalf of the Cabinet Office. UK Statistics Authority was asked to reply.

Public Sector: Manpower

Question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the ratio of male to female workers in each public sector occupation in the West Midlands is.
Answer

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.Letter from Stephen Penneck, dated April 2012:"As Director General for the Office for National Statistics, I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question asking what the ratio of male to female workers in each public sector occupation in the West Midlands is. (106251)""Public sector employment statistics for local areas can be calculated from the Annual Population Survey (APS). Individuals in the APS are classified to the public or private sector according to their responses to the survey.""Table 1 as follows shows the percentage of male and female workers in the public sector in each Standard Occupational Classification 2010 ( SOC2010 ) Main Job Group for their main job in the West Midlands for the 12 month period, ending in September 2011, the latest available period.""As with any sample survey, estimates from the APS are subject to a margin of uncertainty.""National and local area estimates for many labour market statistics, including employment, unemployment and claimant count are available on the NOMIS website at:""http://www.nomisweb.co.uk."

Table 1: Percentage of male and female workers in public sector occupations¹ in the West Midlands—October 2010 to September 2011
Percentage
Male Female
Professional occupations 31 69
Associate professional and technical occupations 50 50
Administrative and secretarial occupations 17 83
Caring, leisure and other service occupations 16 84
Elementary occupations 33 67
Other² 30 70
Unclassified 32 68
¹ SOC 2010 Major job group for main occupation.
² Other includes managers, directors and senior officials; skilled trade occupations; sales and customer service occupations; and process plant and machine operatives.
Source:
Annual Population Survey

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
106251; 543 c1537-8W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Gender Public sector West Midlands
Link
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