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Female candidates

This year has seen a very significant increase in the percentage of jobs at the very top of the Civil Service which have gone to female candidates. The Commissioners chaired appointment panels for two Permanent Secretary vacancies this year. In both cases the successful candidate was a woman.

The percentage of women appointed to Senior Leadership Committee (SLC) jobs has increased significantly. The number of women appointed to SLC posts at 8 is the highest in any of the past four years.

For the first time in the past four years the percentage of women appointed to SLC posts is higher than the overall percentage of women appointed to all senior jobs.

Gender of senior appointments SLC and below

	SLC			Below SLC			All Senior
	F	M	Total	F	M	Total	F	M	Total
2004/05	4 (21%)	15 (79%)	19	23 (32%)	49 (68%)	72	27 (30%)	64 (70%)	91
2005/06	6 (30%)	14 (70%)	20	29 (32%)	62 (68%)	91	35 (32%)	76 (68%)	111
2006/07	4 (24%)	13 (76%)	17	20 (27%)	53 (73%)	73	24 (27%)	66 (73%)	90
2007/08	8 (28%)	21 (72%)	29	17 (22%)	59 (78%)	76	25 (24%)	80 (76%)	105

However, overall this year saw another decline in the percentage of all senior appointments that went to women.

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