HC Deb 04 December 1974 vol 882 c482W
Mr. David Steel

asked the Minister lor the Civil Service if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the numbers of disabled workers who would be employed if each Department employed its full quota of 3 per cent. disabled workers.

Mr. Charles R. Morris

The number of disabled workers who would be employed if each Department employed its full quota of 3 per cent. registered disabled persons would, at 1st October 1973, have been as follows:

Department 3 per cent. of total civil servants in Great Britain
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 452
Civil Service Department (including Parliamentary Counsel and Civil Service College) 149
Court Service 280
Customs and Excise 713
Defence (including Procurement Executive) 7,792
Education and Science (including UGC Victoria and Albert and Science Museums) 120
Employment (including Office of Manpower Economics) 1,023
Environment 2,035
Exports Credit Guarantees 49
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Diplomatic Service, etc. 213
Overseas Development Administration 63
Health and Social Security 2,401
Home Office 849
Information, Central Office of 38
Inland Revenue 2,059
Land Registry 151
National Savings 406
Ordnance Survey 137
Population Censuses and Surveys 82
Royal Mint 36
Stationery Office 214
Trade and Industry 560
Treasury (including Treasury sub departments) 30
Scottish Office 219
Scottish Prison Service 63
Welsh Office 31
Total—Departments with over 1,000 staff 20,165
Other Departments employing under 1.000 staff 209