§ Mr. Frank CookTo 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. BeithThe figures requested are as follows:
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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 CookTo 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. BeithThe 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 CookTo 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. BeithThe 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. The figures include part-time staff.
55 - 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.