§ Mr. Fisherasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many physically handicapped and disabled people are employed, in what positions, in his Department; and what percentage of the total number of employees this represents.
§ Sir George YoungCurrently the Department employs the full-time equivalent of 465.5 registered disabled people, as shown. They represent 1.25 per cent. of all staff. Disabled employees who decline to register are not included in these figures.
Dept of the Environment (Central) Property Services Agency Total Administration Group 38.5 107 145.5 Science Group 1 — 1 Professional and Technology Group 6 74 80 Secretarial Group 9 11 20 Office Services Group 16 29 45 Other non-industrial staff 10 5 15 Total non-industrial staff 80.5 226 306.5 Industrial staff 19 140 159 Overall total 99.5 366 465.5