Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many and what proportion of civil servants on temporary contracts in her Department are women.

The number of women in the department for Energy Security and Net Zero (core department only) on temporary contracts* is currently 15.

The percentage of women on temporary contracts of all temporary contracts (male and female) is 57.7%.

The percentage of women on temporary contracts as a share of all women in the department is 0.7%.

*Temporary contracts are defined as being on the payroll and holding a ‘fixed term contract’ that is 12 months or less in duration.