Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men worked in managerial, director and senior official occupations in the (i) private sector and (ii) public sector in England in each of the last 15 years.

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply and a copy would be desposited in the Librabry of both houses.