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Directors: Females

Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN 8534, tabled on 5 September 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what progress has been made on increasing the representation of women on company boards.

Answered on

11 September 2017

Since 2011, the number of women on FTSE 350 boards has more than doubled from 289 (9.5% of positions) to 744 (24.4%). There are now only 7 all-male boards, down from 152 in 2011.

We are going further and are supporting the work of the business-led Hampton-Alexander Review and its target of 33% women on FTSE 350 boards by 2020.

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Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy