§ Mr. Stephen TwiggTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list the percentage of(a) registered disabled people, (b) women, (c) people from ethnic minorities and (d) people from (i) independent schools, (ii) grammar schools and (iii) other schools that worked for English Heritage in each of the years (i) 1970, (ii) 1979, (iii) 1989 and (iv) 1999. [107010]
§ Mr. Chris Smith[holding answer 27 January 2000]: English Heritage, which is sponsored by this Department, has provided the following statistics for 1999 from information held on employees:
Percentage Registered disabled 0.37 Women 53.88 Ethnic minorities 2.32 Historic data for the earlier years are not readily available. English Heritage was not established until 1984 and in 1989 it did not have a computer system which could record this information. English Heritage does not maintain a record of the schools attended by employees.