§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many of the employees of his Department are registered as disabled.
§ Mr. NewtonAs at 31 October 1983, the Department employed 1,462.15 (whole-time equivalent) registered disabled persons.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many new staff have been employed by his Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. John PattenThe number of new staff in administrative grades recruited to the Department in each of the last five calendar years is as follows. Figures on the number of leavers in each year are also shown.
Year New entrants Leavers 1979 10,081 12,147 1980 12,198 9,414 1981 6,224 7,749 1982 4,262 7,007 1983 3,083 7,790 I regret that figures for staff in non-administrative grades are not centrally available.