§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many of the employees of his Department are registered as disabled.
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§ Mr. RidleyCurrently the Department employs 160 registered disabled people; 157 are non-industrial staff and the other three are industrial.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many new staff have been employed by his Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. RidleyThe figures are:
Numbers 1979 1,537 1980 1,419 1981 680 1982 829 1983 690.5 *1984 636 * To 30 June. During this period the total number of staff employed by the Department (adjusted for machinery of Government transfers) fell from 16,123 to 14,151, a reduction of more than 12 per cent.