Travis Perkins report | Revealed: How many women are in council maintenance jobs

Women continue to be very underrepresented in council maintenance roles across the UK, with only three metropolitan district councils employing more women than men in these types of jobs.

This is according to a freedom of information (FOI) request made by builder’s merchant Travis Perkins, which also revealed that the majority of local authorities surveyed had recruited more men than women in these roles over the past three years.

In the 24 responses of the 36 metropolitan district councils asked, many councils do at least appear to be making efforts to increase female representation though.

Number of women employed in manual or maintenance roles

Liverpool City Council, Manchester City Council and Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council are the only three councils who responded to the FOI which currently have more women in manual or maintenance roles than men.