§ Mr. Stephen TwiggTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what percentage of his Department's staff were(a) registered disabled, (b) women, (c) from ethnic minorities and (d) from (i) independent, (ii) grammar and (iii) other schools in (1) 1970, (2) 1979, (3) 1989 and (4) 1999. [106764]
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§ Ms Beverley HughesAs of the end of 1999 the percentages in the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions (including its Agencies) were 3 per cent. disabled staff, 46 per cent. women and 5.2 per cent. ethnic minority staff.
Figures for 1970, 1979 and 1989 are not available due to the merging of the former Departments of Environment and Transport in 1997 and the formation of the Agencies and Government Offices. Similarly, although records of staff members' educational qualifications and the institutions from which they attained them are now kept, no record is kept of the type of school attended.