WOMEN MEMBERS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM CIVIL SERVICE
Below is a table ranking all major government departments
in order of those with the highest percentage of women employees. Work
and pensions, the Wales Office and Children, Schools and Family rank
near the top while the Ministry of Defence and the Foreign Office employ
the fewest women. Column three shows the percentage of women in each
department's senior civil service (SCS) jobs, where the overall picture
is much bleaker. In 1998 only 13 per cent of the top 600 civil service
posts were held by women but by 2001 this had risen to 24 per cent.
In 2003 women the civil service had risen to 26.4% with 22.9% holding
top management positions (which exceeded the target of 25% for 2005).
In 2008 there were 32.6% of women in the civil service with 25.5% holding
top mangaement positions. In 2009 there were 35% of women in the civil
service with 27.9% holding top management posts. According to the civil
service Equality and Diversity targets from February 2010, the targets
for 2013 are for the civil service to be comprised of 39% women with
24% of top management posts held by women. The bottom of the table shows
the figures for the devolved administrations in Wales and Scotland;
detailed figures for the Northern Ireland civil service
are on a separate page.
Women in the civil service by department (as at March
2010)
|
Department
|
%
women
|
%
women SCS
|
|
Work
and Pensions
|
67
|
37.8
|
|
Wales
Office 66.6
|
66.6
|
0
|
|
Children,
Schools and Families
|
59
|
56.25
|
|
HM
Revenue & Customs
|
57.6
|
32.5
|
|
Scotland
Office
|
57
|
0
|
|
Justice
|
56.6
|
50
|
|
Health
|
55.8
|
40.7
|
|
Cabinet
Office
|
53.5
|
40
|
|
Innovation,
Universities & Skills
|
52.7
|
37.5
|
|
Home
Office
|
50.8
|
45
|
|
Environment,
Food & Rural Affairs
|
50.7
|
35.7
|
|
International
Development
|
50
|
30
|
|
Northern
Ireland Office
|
46
|
0
|
|
Department
for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
|
46
|
38.9
|
|
HM
Treasury
|
45.5
|
33
|
|
Culture,
Media and Sport
|
41.5
|
40
|
|
Foreign
and Commonwealth Office
|
41.5
|
21
|
|
Defence
|
38
|
16.7
|
|
Transport
|
37
|
28.5
|
|
Average
|
54
|
29
|
|
Devolved
|
|
Welsh
National Assembly
|
58
|
37.5
|
|
Scottish
Executive
|
50.8
|
36.8
|
