§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, as representing the House of Commons Commission, how many employees in the House are registered disabled.
§ Mr. BeithAmong the staff of the House for whom the Commission is responsible, there are six persons employed who are registered as disabled. Other registered disabled people work in the House, but their employment is the responsibility of agencies, such as the Department of the Environment.
§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, as representing the House of Commons Commission, how many staff are employed in the House broken down by Department.
§ Mr. BeithThe numbers of staff employed in the respective Departments of the House are as follows:
Numbers Speaker's Office 112 Department of the Clerk of the House 145 Department of the Serjeant at Arms 215 Department of the Library 174 Department of the Official Report 82 Administration Department 83 Refreshment Department 235 1 Including Chaplain. These figures include full-time and part-time staff.
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§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, as representing the House of Commons Commission, what has been the cost of(a) training and (b) retraining House staff by category per head in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. BeithNo record was kept for training costs prior to financial year 1983–84; nor is it practicable to distinguish between training and retraining. The costs by category per head could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The statistics for staff training for the years for which records are available are as follows:
Staff training costs Year Cost (£) Staff Nos1 1987–88 36,602.83 2964 1986–87 36,767.54 914½ 1985–86 33,092.36 911 1984–85 22,465.16 897 1983–84 14,814.73 885 1 Actual staff numbers at the end of each Financial Year. 2 To date.
§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, as representing the House of Commons Commission, how many employees working in the House are from the ethnic minorities.
§ Mr. BeithA programme of ethnic monitoring of staff of the House is shortly to be conducted. Until the survey has been completed and the results evaluated it is not possible to provide the figures asked for.