§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Energy how many of the employees of his Department are registered as disabled.
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§ Mr. Peter WalkerAt present my Department has 10 employees who are registered as disabled.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Energy how many new staff have been employed by his Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe numbers of new staff, including transfers from other Government Departments, employed by my Department in each of the last five financial years, were:
Numbers 1979–80 148 1980–81 101 1981–82 91.5 1982–83 81 1983–84 106.5 Total 528 Over the same period the total numbers of staff employed in the Department declined as follows:
Staff in post as at 1 April Numbers 1980 1,268 1981 1,203.5 1982 1,137 1983 1,105.5 1984 1,098