{"Overview":{"Id":43584,"ExtId":"11040178000002","Title":"House of Commons Commission","HRSTag":"hs_6bDepartment","Date":"2011-04-01T00:00:00","Location":"Written Corrections","House":"Commons","Source":3,"VolumeNo":526,"ContentLastUpdated":"2016-03-05T03:31:35.583","DebateTypeId":4,"SectionType":4,"NextDebateExtId":"11040178000003","NextDebateTitle":"Work and Pensions","PreviousDebateExtId":"11040178000001","PreviousDebateTitle":"Ministerial Corrections"},"Navigator":[{"Id":43582,"Title":"Ministerial Corrections","ParentId":null,"SortOrder":1,"ExternalId":"d6545780-4a25-4fd5-8a4b-77fd79a2315a","HRSTag":null,"HansardSection":null,"Timecode":null},{"Id":43584,"Title":"House of Commons Commission","ParentId":43582,"SortOrder":3,"ExternalId":"11040178000002","HRSTag":"hs_6bDepartment","HansardSection":"1-2","Timecode":null}],"Items":[{"ItemType":"Contribution","ItemId":22221845,"MemberId":null,"AttributedTo":null,"Value":"Females","OrderInSection":1,"Timecode":null,"ExternalId":"11040178000004","HRSTag":"hs_8Correction","HansardSection":"1-2","UIN":null,"IsReiteration":false},{"ItemType":"Contribution","ItemId":21545684,"MemberId":1513,"AttributedTo":"Jo Swinson","Value":"To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what proportion of <em>(a)</em> members of the House of Commons Management Board, <em>(b)</em> heads of department of the House of Commons and <em>(c)</em> heads of each office or service in each House of Commons department are women.\r\n\r\n<span id=\"vol525_col695W\" class=\"cross-reference\" data-house-id=\"1\" data-column-number=\"695W\" data-volume-number=\"525\"><em>[Official Report, 18 March 2011, Vol. 525, c. 695W.]</em></span>\r\n\r\n<em>Letter of correction from Mr John Thurso:</em>\r\n\r\nAn error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire (Jo Swinson) on 18 March 2011.\r\n\r\nThe full answer given was as follows:","OrderInSection":2,"Timecode":null,"ExternalId":"11040178000007","HRSTag":"Question","HansardSection":"1-2","UIN":"47823","IsReiteration":false},{"ItemType":"Contribution","ItemId":21545685,"MemberId":1399,"AttributedTo":"John Thurso","Value":"The information is as follows:\r\n\r\n<em>(a)</em> The House of Commons Management Board comprises the Clerk of the House (Chair), the Directors General of the four departments of the House and the Director of PICT, which is a joint department of the two Houses. There is also an external member. The proportion of women is 17%. A new department, the Department of Finance, will be launched on 1 April 2011. The Head of the new department will sit on the Management Board, and her presence will alter the proportion of women on the Board to 29%. <em>(b) </em>The proportion of women who are heads of the four current departments of the House is zero and will rise to 20% of five departments in April. If PICT is included, the figures are 17.5% and 33% respectively. <em>(c)</em> Currently, there are 27 Directors/Heads of Office. 10 of these (43%) are women. If PICT is included, the figure is 37%.\r\n\r\nThe correct answer should have been:","OrderInSection":3,"Timecode":null,"ExternalId":"11040178000012","HRSTag":"hs_Para","HansardSection":"1-2","UIN":null,"IsReiteration":false},{"ItemType":"Contribution","ItemId":21545686,"MemberId":1399,"AttributedTo":"John Thurso","Value":"The information is as follows:\r\n\r\n<em>(a)</em> The House of Commons Management Board comprises the Clerk of the House (Chair), the Directors General of the four departments of the House and   <span id=\"10MC\" class=\"column-number\" data-column-number=\"10MC\"></span>the Director of PICT, which is a joint department of the two Houses. There is also an external member. The proportion of women is 17%. A new department, the Department of Finance, will be launched on 1 April 2011. The Head of the new department will sit on  the Management Board, and her presence will alter the proportion of women on the Board to 29%. <em>(b)</em> The proportion of women who are heads of the four current departments of the House is zero and will rise to 20% of five departments in April. If PICT is included, the figures are 20% and 33% respectively. <em>(c)</em> Currently, there are 23 Directors/Heads of Office below Head of Department level. 10 of these (43%) are women. If PICT is included, the figure is 37%.","OrderInSection":4,"Timecode":null,"ExternalId":"11040178000015","HRSTag":"hs_Para","HansardSection":"1-2","UIN":null,"IsReiteration":false}],"ChildDebates":[]}