Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the gender balance is of his Department's management board and its sub-committees.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Management Board consists of 8 executive (5 male and 3 female) and 2 non-executive members (1 male and 1 female).

The Management Board is supported by the four Sub-Committees which are each chaired by a member of the Board; they are Audit & Risk Committee, Human Resources (HR) Committee, Operations Committee and Health and Safety Committee.

The gender breakdown of the committees is as follows:

Audit & Risk Committee (ARC): 2 male, 1 female;

HR Committee: 9 male, 10 female; and the 20th position is currently filled by two people (1 male, 1 female) in a job-share;

Operations Committee: 9 male and 8 female; and

FCO Health and Safety Committee: 18 male and 8 female members.