Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking (1) to address the underrepresentation of women, and (2) to increase diversity, in top corporate leadership roles.

This Government is committed to diversifying representation up to, and including, top corporate leadership roles. Such as announcing increases in childcare provision and extending flexible working to all, we have backed a number of leadership-specific Reviews, including the FTSE Women Leaders Review.

The latest reporting shows that the FTSE350 now has 40.2% women on boards, and 33.5% women in key senior leadership roles – marked progress from when the Review began in 2011 when there were only 9% women on boards in the FTSE 250 and 12% in the FTSE 100.