§ 317. Mr. Sean HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of his Department's staff are classed as disabled.
§ Mr. Ian StewartWithin the Northern Ireland Civil Service the number of officers who have identified themselves as being registered as disabled persons under the Disabled Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1945 was 1.4 per cent. at 1 January 1988.
The Northern Ireland Civil Service, conscious that this percentage may understate the true extent of disabled people among its staff, is currently carrying out an exercise to obtain more accurate statistics. The results of this exercise are expected to be available next year.
None of the Home Civil Service staff of the Northern Ireland Office is currrently registered as disabled.