HC Deb 09 May 1988 vol 133 cc53-5W
Mr. Frank Cook

To ask the hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, as representing the House of Commons Commission, what was the percentage of the House of Commons Commission employees registered as disabled on the payroll for each year since its inception.

Mr. Beith

The figures requested are as follows:

Percentage
1979–80 0.9
1980–81 1.0
1981–82 1.0

Percentage
1982–83 1.0
1983–84 1.1
1984–85 1.0
1985–86 0.9
1986–87 0.8

Mr. Frank Cook

To ask the hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, as representing the House of Commons Commission, how many individuals officially registered as disabled have been engaged by the House of Commons Commission in each year since its inception.

Mr. Beith

The figures requested are as follows:

Number of Newly Engaged Registered Disabled Individuals
Number
1979–80 3
1980–81 1
1981–82 nil
1982–83 nil
1983–84 1
1984–85 nil
1985–86 1
1986–87 nil

The Commission's policy on the employment of disabled persons is set out in the fourth annual report of the House of Commons Commission (1981–82).

Mr. Frank Cook

To ask the hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, as representing the House of Commons Commission, how many people were employed by the House of Commons Commission in each year since its inception.

Mr. Beith

The numbers of staff employed by the Commission at 1 October in each year since its inception (1978) are as follows:

Year Numbers
1979 839
1980 868
1981 879
1982 893
1983 918
1984 917
1985 934
1986 964
1987 967.5

Notes:

  1. 1. The figures include part-time staff.
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  3. 2. Staff-in-post figures are higher than figures for staff complement (stated in the Commission's reports) eg two half-time staff in post would equate to one post on the complement.