HC Deb 22 March 1994 vol 240 c147W
Mrs. Roche

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many registered disabled people are employed in his Department; and what percentage this is of the total.

Sir John Wheeler

At 14 March 1994 there were 1,316 staff in the Northern Ireland civil service—4.4 per cent. of the service—who self reported a disability. Of these 470 —1.6 per cent. of the service—were, or had been, registered as disabled. In addition, 77 registered disabled people are working in the Northern Ireland civil service under the sheltered placement scheme.

There were no self-reported disabled in the home civil service.