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Written question asked by Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party) on Friday, 13 October 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 17 October 2023. It was answered by Jeremy Quin (Conservative) on Monday, 23 October 2023 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.


Senior Civil Servants: Women

Question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of civil servants on full-time equivalent contracts at senior civil servant pay band two (SCS2) are women.

Answer

As at April 2023 the percentage of Senior Civil Servants (SCS) at Director level (Payband 2) working full-time who are women is 41.0%.

The answer has been calculated by dividing the number of women at Payband 2 in the Senior Civil Service by the total number of staff in the Senior Civil Service at Payband 2 where sex is known. All Civil Service organisations have been included in the calculation.

On Civil Service recruitment more broadly, in 2022/23 more than half of new entrants to the Civil Service were women (54.1%) up from 51.6% in 2021/22. 53.9% of promotions to the Senior Civil Service were women.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
201601
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Women Senior civil servants
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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