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Written question asked by Carol Monaghan (Scottish National Party) on Tuesday, 14 November 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 20 November 2023 (named day). It was answered by Damian Hinds (Conservative) on Tuesday, 21 November 2023 on behalf of the Department for Education.

Department for Education: Women

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of SCS2 civil servants on full-time contracts in her Department are women.

Answer

As of the 31 of October 2023, the proportion of officials in the Department that are graded as senior civil servant 2 and are women on full time equivalent contracts is 64.9%. This figure was calculated by dividing the number of women at senior civil servant 2 grade on full time contracts by the total number of staff at senior civil servant 2 grade on full time contracts. This figure includes the Department, as well as its executive agencies – Education and Skills Funding Agency, Teaching Regulation Agency, Standard and Testing Agency.

The official public sector employment statistics published in June 2023 by the Office for National Statistics include data on the proportion of staff on temporary contracts who are women. These figures can be accessed at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/publicsectoremploymentreferencetable.

In 2022/23, more than half of new entrants to the civil service were women (54.1%). In 2021/22, 51.6% of new entrants and 53.9% of promotions to the senior civil service were women.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
1909
Session
2023-24
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Contracts Women Senior civil servants Department for Education
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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