questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what proportion of officials in his Department that are (a) graded as senior civil servant 2 and (b) on full-time equivalent contracts are women.
answerText:  (a) 1.8% of the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) workforce are graded as Directors (senior civil servants at pay band 2). (b) 52% of the NIO workforce are female and on full-time equivalent contracts. 
heading: Northern Ireland Office: Women