§ Mr. ElletsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many(a) physically disabled and (b) sensorily disabled people are employed in his Department; and what percentage they are of the total work force.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe Foreign and Commonwealth office employs 53 registered disabled persons (RDPs): 27 in the diplomatic wing—0.4 per cent. of its total work force and—26 in the Overseas Development Administration—1.38 per cent. of its total work force. Of the 26 RDPs employed by the ODA, 15 are physically disabled and 11 sensorily disabled. Details of individual's disabilities are not held centrally by the diplomatic wing.
The FCO holds no statistics on non-registered disabled staff, but it is likely that their numbers exceed those who have chosen to register.