Written question asked by Austin Mitchell (Labour) on Tuesday, 27 March 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 2 April 2001. It was answered by Baroness Armstrong of Hill Top (Labour) on Monday, 2 April 2001 on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many (a) male and (b) female members there are on each of the regional chambers and assemblies. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many (a) male and (b) female members there are on each of the regional chambers and assemblies. [156254] Ms Armstrong: Following is a table showing the gender balance of each regional chamber or assembly, as of 28 March 2001. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Chamber Male Female Vacancies South East Regional Assembly 96 15 -- North East Regional Assembly 51 11 1 North West Regional Assembly 64 15 1 Yorkshire and the Humber Regional 25 9 1 Chamber East Midlands Regional Assembly 88 23 -- West Midlands Regional Chamber 54 11 -- South West Regional Assembly 68 17 -- East of England Regional Assembly 30 11 -- Total 476 112 3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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