§ Mr. Bradfordasked the Minister for the Civil Service how many members of the Civil Service working in Northern Ireland, who are not indigenous civil servants, enjoy free travel on weekly, monthly, or relatively frequent basis, to and from their homes in Great Britain; and what is the total cost of this facility.
REGISTERED DISABLED PERSONS AT 1 JUNE 1979 Departments Number of disabled persons Percentage of disabled persons in total staff Agriculture, Fisheries and Food … … … 342 2.45 Civil Service Department … … … 80 1.60 HM Customs and Excise … … … 510 1.80 Defence … … … 3,070 1.43 Education and Science … … … 80 2.22 Employment Group … … … 1,450 2.67 Energy … … … 22 1.70 Environment and Transport … … … 1,127 1.73 Export Credits Guarantee … … … 36 1.83 Foreign and Commonwealth … … … 98 1.52 Health and Social Security … … … 2,022 2.06 Home Office … … … 248 0.73 industry and Trade … … … 314 1.88 Central Office of information … … … 21 1.78 Inland Revenue … … … 1,424 1.76 Land Registry … … … 120 2.16 Lord Chancellor's Office … … … 164 1.57 Royal Mint … … … 39 2.88 Royal Ordnance Factories … … … 304 1.39 National Savings … … … 282 2.65 Ordnance Survey … … … 71 1.97 Overseas Development … … … 34 1.55 Office of Population Censuses … … … 65 2.53 HM Stationery Office … … … 204 3.07 HM Treasury … … … 26 2.54 Scottish Office … … … 134 1.67 Scottish Prison Service … … … 7 0.27 Welsh Office … … … 70 2.64 Departments with less than 1,000 staff … … … 142 1.84 Total … … … 12,506 1.76 Note: Staff normally employed between 10 and 30 hours per week have been counted as half a unit.
In addition, considerable numbers of unregistered disabled staff are employed in the Civil Service. Specific targets for
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§ Mr. ChannonI regret that neither the number of staff concerned nor the costs can be identified. Departments do not separate the costs of travel between Northern Ireland and Great Britain from other travel costs.