§ Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many registered disabled persons were employed in each Department under his responsibility in 1980 and 1981; and how many are employed in the current year.
§ Mr. John PattenThe following table shows the number of registered disabled people employed in Northern Ireland Departments, the Northern Ireland Office, and the Police Authority for Northern Ireland at 1 January for each of the three years 1980, 1981 and 1982.
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1 January 1980 1 January 1981 1 January 1982 Registered Disabled Registered Disabled as percentage of Staff in Post Registered Disabled Registered Disabled as percentage of Staff in Post Registered Disabled Registered Disabled as percentage of Staff in Post Department of the Environment 181 1.9 156 1.6 156 1.7 Department of Finance 64 2.1 56 1.9 51 1.7 Department of Health and Social Services 79 1.4 67 1.2 64 1.1 Department of Manpower Services 28 1.3 23 1.0 20 0.9 Exchequer and Audit Department 1 1.5 2 2.9 1 1.4 Northern Ireland Office 8 0.7 9 0.8 10 0.8 Commissioner for Complaints/Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration — — 1 4.2 — — NI Assembly — — — — — — Police Authority 17 0.9 18 0.9 18 0.9 TOTAL 495 1.5 431 1.4 403 1.3