§ Mr. GoodmanTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made in meeting targets for the proportion of people with disabilities in senior posts in his Department. [146002]
§ Ruth KellyStatistical information about senior civil servants with disabilities is available on the civil service statistics website at http://www.civil-service.gov.uk/ statistics/documents/pdf/disability-oct03.pdf.
This information is also made available in the Library of the House. The latest statistics show staffing data as at 1 April 2003. The data shows that in my department there are no senior civil servants who have declared a disability. The Treasury target for the proportion of people in senior posts who have declared a disability is 3 per cent.
§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many senior civil servants in his Department are disabled, expressed in(a) numbers and (1)) as a percentage of whole-time equivalents. [144984]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested is available on the Civil Service Statistics website at: http://www. civil-service.gov.uk/statistics/documents/pdf/disabilityoct03.pdf
This information is also available in the Library of the House. The latest statistics show staffing data as at 1 April 2003. The data show that:
in the Inland Revenue there are 10 senior civil servants with a disability, 3.1 per cent. of the total number of senior civil servants in that Department; 349W in Customs and Excise there is a number less than five, which is 2.9 per cent. of the total number of senior civil servants; and in the Treasury there are no senior civil servants with a disability.