§ Mr. ColvinTo ask the Minister for the Civil Service if he will list, in percentage terms, the number of disabled people employed in each Department of State.
§ Mr. RentonInformation is collected centrally only on the employment in the civil service of people registered as disabled. There are more who have chosen not to register.
The percentage of people registered as disabled employed in each Department of State at 1 June 1990, the latest date for which complete figures are available, was:
Per cent. Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1.4 Cabinet Office 1.0 Crown Estate Office 4.4 Crown Prosecution Service 0.6 Her Majesty's Customs and Excise 1.3 Defence 0.9 Education and Science 2.6 Employment Group 3.2 Energy 1.1 Environment 0.9 Export Credit Guarantee Department 1.5 Foreign and Commonwealth Office 0.3 Health 0.6 Home Office 0.3 Inland Revenue 1.6 Land Registry 4.2 Lord Chancellor's Department 1.43 National Investment Loans Office 4.7 National Savings 2.8 Office of Population Census Surveys 2.1 Ordnance Survey 0.8 Overseas Development Administration 1.4 Paymaster General's Office 3.9 Property Service Agency 1.2 Scottish Office 1.2 Scottish Prison Service 0.1 Social Security 1.7 Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1.7 Her Majesty's Treasury 1.0 Trade and Industry 1.2 Transport 1.2 Welsh Office 1.4 There are also over 400 people working in Departments and agencies under the Department of Employment's sheltered placement scheme.