HC Deb 14 February 1977 vol 926 cc20-3W
Mr. Ashley

asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will publish the numbers of registered disabled people employed by each Government Department in October 1974 and June 1976 and the percentage of each Departments' total work force that these figures represent; and if he will also publish the targets each Department hopes to achieve by November 1977.

1974 1976
Department Registered disabled employees Percentage Registered disabled employees Percentage
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 495 3.29 452.5 2.9
Civil Service Department (including Parliamentary Counsel and Civil Service College) 52 0.99 74.5 1.4
Customs and Excise 363 1.38 474.5 1.7
Defence (including Procurement Executive) 5,417 2.26 5,223 2.3
Royal Ordnance Factories 440 2.45 426.5 2.0
Education and Science (including UGC, Victoria and Albert and Science Museums) 95 2.38 80.5 2.0
Employment Group 664 4.00 1,491 3.0
Energy 25 1.39 22 1.6
Environment (including Property Services Agency) 1,383 2.05 1,265.5 1.8
Export Credits Guarantee 27 1.56 26 1.4
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Diplomatic Service etc.) 147 2.09 142.5 2.2
Health and Social Security 1,956 2.29 1,997 2.1
Home Office 246 0.83 256.5 0.8
Industry 219 2.17 178.5 1.8
Information, Central Office of 36 2.78 28 2.1
Inland Revenue 1,741 2.46 1,504.5 1.9
Land Registry 90 1.96 91.5 1.8
Lord Chancellor's Office and Courts etc. 128 1.35 156 1.6
Royal Mint 36 2.63 51 4.3
National Savings 321 2.33 315 2.4
Ordnance Survey 110 2.45 99.5 2.3
Overseas Development 40 1.83 47 2.0
Population, Censuses and Surveys 86 3.05 64.5 2.5
Stationery Office, Her Majesty's 201 2.88 220 3.0
Trade 154 2.15 164 2.1
Treasury (including Treasury sub-Departments) 18 1.70 16 1.4
Scottish Office 198 2.68 139 1.8
Scottish Prison Service 10 0.48 6 0.3
Welsh Office 34 2.72 39 2.5

Specific targets for November 1977 have not been set, but Government Departments are well aware that each is regarded as a separate employer and must make every effort to employ the 3 per cent. quota of registered disabled staff and, if below quota, not to discharge a registered disabled person without cause, and also to give preference to a disabled person over a non-disabled person if otherwise the respective merits of the candidates are fairly evenly balanced.

Mr. Ashley

asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will list the Government Departments which have a particular officer nominated to promote the employment of disabled people within the Department.

Mr. Charles R. Morris

The numbers of registered disabled people employed by each Government department in October 1974 and June 1976, and the percentage of each Department's total work force that these figures represent are:

Mr. Charles R. Morris

Since the publication by my Department of the Code of Practice for the Employment of Registered Disabled People, 71 Government Departments and certain other bodies which follow the Civil Service practice have designated an officer entitled the Departmental Disabled Persons Officer to have full responsibility for the recruitment and career development of registered disabled persons in the Department, or in larger Departments, a region. This list is:

DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER BODIES WHICH HAVE APPOINTED DISABLED PERSONS OFFICERS

  • Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Ministry of British Library
  • British Museum
  • British Museum (Natural History)
  • Cabinet Office
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  • Charity Commission
  • Civil Service Department
  • Civil Service Pay Research Unit
  • Crown Office
  • Crown Estate Commissioners
  • Customs and Excise, Her Majesty's
  • Development Commission
  • Defence, Ministry of
  • Director of Public Prosecutions
  • Education and Science
  • Employment Group
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Exchequer and Audit Department
  • Export Credits Guarantee Department
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office
  • Forestry Commission
  • General Register Office for Scotland
  • Government Actuary's Department
  • Health and Social Security
  • Home Office
  • House of Commons
  • Imperial War Museum
  • Industry
  • Information, Central Office of
  • Inland Revenue
  • Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce
  • Land Registry, Her Majesty's
  • Law Officers Department
  • Lord Chancellor's Department
  • Medical Research Council
  • National Debt Office
  • National Economic Research Council
  • National Economic Development Office
  • National Gallery
  • National Galleries for Scotland
  • National Library of Scotland
  • National Savings
  • Northern Ireland Office
  • Office of Fair Trading
  • Office of Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration
  • Office of Population, Censuses and Surveys
  • Ordnance Survey
  • Overseas Development, Ministry of Passport Office
  • Paymaster General's Office
  • Privy Council Office
  • Public Record Office
  • Public Trustee Office
  • Public Works Loan Board
  • Registry of Friendly Societies
  • Royal Commision on Ancient and Historical Monuments (England)
  • Royal Commision on Ancient and Historical Monuments (Scotland)
  • Royal Commision on Ancient and Historical Monuments (Wales)
  • Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
  • Royal Mint
  • Science Research Council
  • Scottish Office
  • Scottish Courts Administration
  • Scottish Record Office
  • Stationery Office, Her Majesty's
  • Tate Gallery
  • Trade (as Industry)
  • Treasury, Her Majesty's
  • Treasury Solicitor's Office
  • Welsh Office