§ Mr. Ovendenasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will publish the numbers of registered disabled people employed by each Government Department; and what percentage of each Department's total work force this figure represents.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisThe latest figures readily available centrally relate to the position on 1st October 1974. The number of registered disabled people employed by each Government Department and this figure as a percentage of the Department's staff is as follows:
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Department Disabled Persons Per cent. Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 495 3.29 Civil Service Department (including Parliamentary Counsel and Civil Service College) 52 0.99 Court Service 128 1.35 Customs and Excise 363 1.38
Department Disabled Persons Per Cent. Defence (including Procurement Executive) 5,417 2.26 Royal Ordnance Factories 440 2.45 Education and Science (including UGC, Victoria and Albert, and Science Museums) 95 2.38 Employment (including Office of Manpower Economics) 664 4.00 Environment 1,383 2.05 Energy 25 1.39 Export Credits Guarantee 27 1.56 Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Diplomatic Service etc.) 147 2.09 Health and Social Security 1,956 2.29 Home Office 246 0.83 Industry 219 2.17 Information, Central Office of 36 2.78 Inland Revenue 1,741 2.46 Land Registry 90 1.96 Royal Mint 36 2.63 National Savings 321 2.33 Ordnance Survey 110 2.45 Overseas Development 40 1.83 Population, Censuses and Surveys 86 3.05 Stationery Office 201 2.88 Trade 154 2.15 Treasury (including Treasury sub-departments) 18 1.70 Scottish Office 198 2.68 Scottish Prison Service 10 0.48 Welsh Office 34 2.72 Total—Departments with over 1,000 staff 14,732 2.22 Other Departments employing under 1,000 staff 150 2.06 The overall percentage of registered disabled employees in all Government Departments on 1st October 1974 was 2.21, compared with the overall percentage of 2.07 of all other employers with 20 or more employees at last year's review.