HC Deb 28 January 2003 vol 398 c719W
25. Miss Begg

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what progress has been made in improving the recruitment of disabled people into the civil service. [93527]

Mr. Alexander

The Government are committed to employing disabled people. As at April 2002 disabled staff accounted for 3.6 per cent. of the civil service, up from 2.8 per cent. in 1995. A service wide target has been set at 3.0 per cent. disabled people in the senior civil service by 2004–05. In April 2002 the percentage of disabled staff in the senior civil service was 1.7 per cent., up from 1.5 per cent. in 1998.