§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many senior civil servants in her Department are disabled, expressed in(a) numbers and (b) as a percentage of whole-time equivalents. [144982]
§ Jacqui SmithStatistical information about senior civil servants with disabilities is available on the Civil Service Statistics web-site at http://www.civil-service.gov.uk/statistics/documents/pdf/disability-oct03.pdf
This information is also made available in the Libraries of the House. The latest statistics show staffing data as at 1 April 2003. The data shows that in my Department there are 10 senior civil servants with a disability. This is 3.4 per cent. of the total number of senior civil servants in my Department.