HC Deb 07 December 1988 vol 143 c164W
Mr. Sean Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of his Department's staff are classed as disabled.

Mrs. Rumbold

2.5 per cent. of the Department's staff are registered disabled persons.

It is the Department's policy to encourage applications from disabled people. All those who apply with the necessary qualifications, or pass the alternative written test, are invited for an interview.

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