Baroness Suttie – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Cabinet Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Suttie on 2014-02-25.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to encourage women to apply for senior posts in the Civil Service.

Lord Wallace of Saltaire

Women comprise over a third of the Senior Civil Service.

Work commissioned through the Contestable Policy Fund begins in March and will identify and help to remove the blockages faced by women when applying for senior posts.