HC Deb 14 April 1993 vol 222 cc572-3W
Mr. Janner

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many and what percentage of officers in each grade from 1 to 7 and overall in his Department are(a) women, (b) from ethnic minorities and (c) disabled people.

Mr. Aitken

The numbers of women, disabled and ethnic minority staff in grade levels 1 to 7 and overall are given in the table. These figures exclude our executive agencies, the Meteorological Office and the Defence Research Agency. I have asked the chief executives to write to the hon. and learned Member.

Grade Registered disabled1 Percentage of staff in grade Non-registered disabled1 Percentage of staff in grade Ethnic minority2 Percentage of staff in grade Women Percentage of staff in grade
6 — — 10 1.9 <10 <1.0 15 2.9
7 3 0.1 77 3.8 31 1.5 130 6.4
Total3 1,439 1.1 3,312 4.0 1,849 1.5 40,634 32.0
1 Figures based on responses to voluntary disability surveys.
2 Figures based on responses to voluntary ethnic origin survey.
3 Non-industrial and industrial staff.

Letter from John Chisholm to Mr. Greville Janner, dated 14 April 1993;

In his written reply to your Parliamentary Question on the

(1) (1) (2)
Grade Registered disabled Percentage of staff in Grade Non-registered disabled Percentage of staff in Grade Ethnic minority Percentage of staff in Grade Women Percentage of staff in grade
1 — — — — — — — —
2 — — — — — — — —
3 — — — — — — — —
4 — — — — — — — —
5 — — 1 2.40 — — 1 2.40
6 — — 8 3.80 — — 3 1.40
7 1 0.10 33 3.80 10 1.2 29 3.30
Total Non-industrial staff (3) 69 0.86 253 3.18 133 1.67 2,824 35.50

Notes:

(1) Figures based on responses to voluntary disability surveys.

(2) Figures based on responses to voluntary ethnic origin survey.

(3) Statistics on the 2,606 Industrial staff cannot be obtained without disproportionate cost and administrative effort.

Letter from J. C. R. Hunt to Mr. Greville fanner, dated 5 April 1993:

The figures below give the details for the Meteorological Office, as requested in your recent Parliamentary Question:

Grades 1–4 : 0 (out of 3)
Grade 5 : 1 disabled (12.5 per cent.)
Grade 6 : 2 women (6.5 per cent.)
Grade 7 : 2 disabled (1.3 per cent.), 1 from an ethnic minority (0.7 per cent.), 7 women (4.1 per cent.)
Overall : 10 disabled (0.9 per cent.), 23 from ethnic minorities (1.0 per cent.), 447 women (17.7 per cent.).

Note: Only those registered disabled are included in the 'disabled' figures.