§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many senior civil servants in his Department are disabled, expressed in(a) numbers and (h) as a percentage of whole-time equivalents.[144975]
§ Mr. LammyStatistical information about senior civil servants with disabilities is available on the Civil Service Statistics web-site at http://www.civil-service.gov.uki statistics/documents/pdf/disability-oct03.pdf
As there are fewer than 5 members of the senior civil service in my department with a disability, the actual number is not published in order to protect the privacy of the individual in line with exemption 12 of the 'Code of Practice on Access to Government Information'.