Women and Equalities written question – answered at on 26 April 2011.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities pursuant to the answer of 28 March 2011, Official Report, column 2W, on departmental public bodies, how many (a) women and (b) men are no longer members of public bodies for which she is responsible as a result of mergers, reorganisations and abolitions resulting from decisions taken since May 2010.
pursuant to the reply,
We announced the outcome of the cross-Government review of all public bodies on
As part of that review, it was decided that the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) will be retained and radically reformed, while the Women's National Commission (WNC) would be closed down and its core functions brought into the Government Equalities Office (GEO).
The WNC closed in December 2010. All public appointments relating to the WNC came to an end as a result of its closure as follows:
(i) 15 women;
(ii) No men.
For the EHRC no public appointments have been affected as a result of the review to date.
Yes0 people think so
No1 person thinks not
Would you like to ask a question like this yourself? Use our Freedom of Information site.