HC Deb 11 July 1984 vol 63 c565W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many of the employees of his Department are registered as disabled.

Mr. Butcher

152 employees of the Department of Trade and Industry are registered as disabled.

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many new staff have been employed by his Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

The following new staff were employed by my Department between 1979 and 1983:

Number
1979 1,186
1980 1,179
1981 433
1982 746
1983 687

During the same period, total staff numbers, not counting interdepartmental transfers, fell by 2,919 —about 20 per cent.