§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many of the employees of his Department are registered as disabled.
§ Sir Keith JosephForty nine, including one part-time, as at 1 June 1984.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many new staff have been employed by his Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
§ Sir Keith JosephInformation about the number of staff joining the Department since 1979 is as follows. The figures include staff who have joined the Department in that period more than once. The number of staff who have left the Department over the same period is also given; it includes people who have retired, resigned, died or moved to other Departments.
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 Staff joining 248 240 148 220 273 Staff leaving 354 310 298 315 309