Initiatives taken by the Department of the Marine are targeted at the Department's clients regardless of gender. No specific initiative has been targeted at either men or women and I do not think that such would have been appropriate given the type of initiatives in question.
The budgetary information in relation to the years in question is as follows (this is the information as published in the relevant Books of Estimates):
1995, total budget £50.412 million of which direct — i.e., Administrative Budget — staffing and overhead costs came to £9.937 million;
1996, total budget £54.25 million of which direct — i.e., Administrative Budget — staffing and overhead costs came to £10.305 million.