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WOMEN
ON PUBLIC BODIES IN THE UK
One less
well-known area of public decision-making and influence is that of public
bodies. Here as elsewhere the picture for women is better than in the
past but still unsatisfactory. According to the Cabinet Office's report
Public Bodies 2009, women hold not quite a third of appointments
to these bodies at the UK level (32.9%), similar to the figures for devolved
bodies in Northern Ireland and better than those in Wales but less than
in Scotland.
Women
on the UK public bodies, March 2009
|
Sponsor
department
|
Women
|
Men
|
%
women
|
|
Department
of Health
|
922...
|
1728.
|
35
|
|
Cabinet
Office
|
32
|
91
|
26
|
|
Department for
Innovation, Universities & Skills
|
57
|
253
|
18
|
|
Home
Office
|
41...
|
99.
|
23
|
|
Northern
Ireland Office
|
46
|
79
|
37
|
|
Department
for Children Schools and Families
|
77..
|
100
|
44
|
|
Department
of Work & Pensions
|
64
|
89.
|
42
|
|
Department of
Energy and Climate Change
|
24
|
89
|
21
|
|
Department
of Culture, Media & Sport
|
190..
|
363
|
34
|
|
Department
for International Development
|
7
|
8
|
47
|
|
Foreign
& Commonwealth Office
|
20
|
52
|
28
|
|
Department
for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform**
|
114..
|
336.
|
25
|
|
Ministry of
Justice
|
1671....
|
2138.
|
44
|
|
Food
Standards Agency
|
32
|
68
|
32
|
|
Department
for Communities & Local Government
|
329
|
1003
|
25
|
|
Department
for Transport
|
29..
|
98.
|
23
|
|
Royal
Mint
|
--
|
8
|
--
|
|
Ministry
of Defence
|
68
|
309
|
18
|
|
HM
Treasury
|
--
|
21
|
--
|
|
Environment,
Food & Rural Affairs
|
170..
|
1155.
|
13
|
|
Forestry
Commission
|
16
|
63
|
20
|
|
Government Equalities
Office***
|
24
|
6
|
80
|
|
Northern Ireland
Court Service
|
37
|
71
|
34
|
|
Export
Credits Guarantee Department
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
|
Total/Average
|
3976.....
|
8234
|
32.6
|
* Number less than five are represented by "--"
** The Department for Business,Enterprise & Regulatory Reform replaced
the Department for Trade and Industry in 2007. It was then replaced in
2009 by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in June 2009.
Figures reflect the pre-June 2009 situation.
*** The Government Equalities Office was created in October 2007 with
the Women and Equality Unit being converted into an independent department.
The office heads responsibility for gender equality in the UK government
as well as providing advice on the full range of forms of equality to
all government departments.
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