§ Mr. GoodmanTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out the number of employees in his Department who have a disability, broken down by disability type. [148995]
§ Ruth Kelly5,247 of the 98,770 staff employed by the Treasury, Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise have declared a disability.
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Number HM Treasury Capacity 10 Co-ordination 7 Hearing 9 Learning 4 Mentally ill 1 Mobility 7 Speech 2 Visual 4 Total number 44 HM Customs and Excise Hearing Impairment—and other 20 Hearing Impairment—alone 110 Learning difficulties—alone 23 Learning difficulties—and other 7 Mental illness—alone 32 Mobility impairment—and other 48 Mobility impairment—alone 126 Physical co-ordination—alone 31 Physical co-ordination—and other 22 Reduced phys. capacity—and other 70 Reduced phys. capacity—alone 256 Severe disfigurement—and other 1 Severe disfigurement—alone 1 Speech impairment—and other 2 Speech impairment—alone 8 Status unknown 43 Unknown disability 106 Visual impairment—and other 16 Visual impairment—alone 61 Total number 983 Inland Revenue Unknown disability 1,126 Reduced physical capacity 729 Visual impairment 668 Mobility impairment 651 Hearing impairment 625 Mental illness 242 Learning difficulties 72 Speech impairment 46 Physical co-ordination difficulties 43 Severe disfigurement 11 Obsolete descriptions 8 Total number 4,220 Grand total 5,247