Asked by: Richard Thomson (Scottish National Party - Gordon)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of officials in his Department on temporary contracts are women.
Answered by Steve Baker
There are currently 66 (29.5%) members of the Northern Ireland Office who are on temporary contracts (fixed-term appointments, loans and secondments), of which 28 (12.5%) are female.
Asked by: Richard Thomson (Scottish National Party - Gordon)
Question to the Northern Ireland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of officials in his Department that are (a) graded as senior civil servant 2 and (b) on full-time equivalent contracts are women.
Answered by Steve Baker
(a) 1.8% of the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) workforce are graded as Directors (senior civil servants at pay band 2).
(b) 52% of the NIO workforce are female and on full-time equivalent contracts.