To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many and what proportion of the recipients of (a) the Queen's Award for Enterprise and (b) awards from Enterprising Britain were women in the latest year for which those respective awards were given.
Answered on
1 March 2017
The 2016 Queen’s Awards for Enterprise saw 254 awards presented. 249 Awards were presented to companies in the categories of International Trade, Innovation and Sustainable Development. 5 Awards were presented to individuals for Enterprise Promotion, 3 of which were presented to women, equating to 60% of the 2016 Enterprise Promotion category Awards.
The Enterprise Britain Awards are open to public sector organisations rather than individuals so gender statistics are not available.