HC Deb 17 December 1984 vol 70 cc42-3W
Mr. Thurnham

asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will list the number of registered disabled people employed in Government Departments in the years 1979 to 1984 expressed as a percentage of the total number of employees in each Department.

Mr. Hayhoe

The numbers of registered disabled people employed by Government Departments are collected once a year, as at 1 June. The numbers of registered disabled people employed by Government Departments in the years 1979 to 1984, expressed as a percentage of the total number of employees in each department, were:

Department 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Customs and Excise 1.80 1.65 1.53 1.47 1.37 1.26
Defence, Ministry of 1.43 1.28 1.25 1.26 1.12 1.16
Education and Science 2.22 1.96 2.54 1.69 1.62 2.01
Employment Group 2.67 3.20 3.04 2.73 2.58 2.48
Energy 1.70 1.23 1.06 1.03 0.84 0.79
Environment (including PSA and Transport) 1.73 1.70 1.66 1.59 1.54 1.21
Exchequer Office (Scotland) 3.57 3.70
Export Credits Guarantee 1.83 2.06 1.91 1.53 1.37 1.34
Fair Trading, Office of 2.01 1.59 2.58 2.69 0.66 1.22
Foreign and Commonwealth 1.52 1.56 1.44 1.46 1.08 0.62
Friendly Societies, Registry of 4.46 4.26 4.18 3.35 4.42 2.47
General Register Office (Scotland) 3.44 3.91 3.37 2.92 2.80 2.77
Government Actuary's 0.82 1.60 1.61 1.69 3.23
Health and Social Security 2.06 1.99 1.97 1.76 1.65 1.50
Home Office 0.73 0.67 0.59 0.57 0.51 0.53
Information, Central Office of 1.78 1.56 1.61 1.40 1.33 1.60
Inland Revenue 1.76 1.78 1.72 1.65 1.60 1.57
Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce 0.78 0.93 1.05 1.88 1.71 1.56
Land Registry 2.16 1.96 1.91 1.96 2.13 2.10
Lands Tribunal for Scotland
Law Officers
Lord Advocate's (Scotland)
Lord Chancellor's 1.57 1.73 1.74 1.90 1.86 1.57
Management and personnel office 1.55 1.78 *
National Debt Office 6.59
National Investment and Loans Office 4.38 4.76 5.04 5.56 5.66
National Savings 2.65 2.61 2.61 2.62 2.72 2.91
Northern Ireland Office
Ordnance Survey 1.97 1.63 1.55 1.57 1.94 1.41
Overseas Development Administration 1.55 1.29 1.23 1.31 1.72 1.61
Paymaster General's Office 1.85 2.19 1.91 2.40 2.76 2.78
Population, Censuses and Surveys, Office of 2.53 2.11 1.94 2.07 2.25 2.22
Privy Council Office 5.80 5.19 5.71 5.88 6.45 6.25
Public Prosections, Director of 3.54 2.41 2.04 2.03 1.77 1.30
Public Record Office 3.54 3.44 2.04 3.70 3.97 4.00
Public Trustee Office 2.91 3.43 3.27
Registers of Scotland 0.45 0.65 0.75 0.67 1.13 1.59
Royal Mint 2.88 2.19 3.21 3.27 3.44 3.35
Royal ordnance factories 2.39
Royal Scottish Museum 1.85 1.22
Scottish Courts Administration 1.76 1.28 1.13 1.07 0.91 0.57
Scottish Office 1.67 1.79 1.63 1.65 1.32 1.18
Scottish prison service 0.27 0.41 0.40 0.37 0.33
Scottish Record Office 2.24 3.16 3.16 0.75 0.78 0.81
Stationery Office 3.07 3.04 3.09 3.04 2.44 2.45
State hospital Carstairs 1.42 0.67 0.63 0.60 0.45
Trade and Industry 1.88 1.84 1.55 1.46 1.32 1.20
Treasury 2.54 2.11 2.07 1.55 1.48 1.42
Treasury Solicitor 2.84 3.50 3.01 2.73 2.46 2.17
Welsh Office 2.64 2.35 2.35 2.32 2.18 1.81
* Included in Cabinet Office.
† Included in Scottish Office.
‡ Now fringe body.